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The Microsurgical Groin Skin Flap in the Rat Model

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The microsurgical groin skin flap in the rat has achieved wide spread acceptance as this experimental model offers an inexpensive, practical and effective instrument to practice microvascular anastomosis as well as to investigate numerous research questions. The current chapter reviews the standard groin flap model and its various modifications in different shapes and sizes based on precise description of flap design and vascular anatomy. Surgeon’s consistency in the design and technique is critically important to obtain reproducible and reliable models.

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The authors wish to thank Jamie Arton, MHS, PA-C for her help with editing.

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, OH, USA

    Raffi Gurunluoglu MD, PhD, FACS

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Maria Z. Siemionow MD, PhD, DSc

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    Maria Z. Siemionow

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Gurunluoglu, R., Siemionow, M.Z. (2015). The Microsurgical Groin Skin Flap in the Rat Model. In: Siemionow, M. (eds) Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6335-0_6

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