A Study of the Relationship Between Blood Flow and Bacterial Inoculation in Musculocutaneous and Fasciocutaneous Flaps

Prophylactic muscle flaps in vascular surgery

“…26,27 Prophylactic flaps may mitigate bacterial colonization of groin beds through upregulated blood flow via enhanced bacterial suppression in the first 24 hours of surgery, thereby reducing infectious complications. 28 There are, however, notable drawbacks to our study. As a major referral center, we care for patients who are transferred from outside institutions because of disease severity, medical comorbidities, and overall high-risk health status.…”

Ectopic bone formation in rats: the importance of vascularity of the acceptor site

“…When this is true, then a muscle recipient site has to be preferred over a subcutaneous recipient site due to the higher vascularity of muscle tissue [15,16]. To prove this hypothesis, titanium (Ti) fiber mesh implants were seeded with rat bone marrow (RBM) cells and implanted either subcutaneously or intramuscularly in the adductor thigh muscle of the rat.…”

Hybrid repair of ruptured infected anastomotic femoral pseudoaneurysms: Emergent stent-graft implantation and secondary surgical debridement

“…27 The muscle flap seems to act by increasing local tissue oxygenation and phagocytic activity, decreasing wound bacterial counts, augmenting the delivery of antibiotics to the site, and eliminating dead space. [27][28][29][30][31] The timing of surgical debridement also merits consideration. As already noticed, radical surgical debridement was performed at a second stage, 1-3 days following stentgraft placement.…”