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Steven E. Nathanson, MD; Richard T. Jackson, PhD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1975;101(6):354-357.

Abstract
For the last 50 years, the empirical approach of set length to width ratios for skin flaps has been held valid. Not until Milton's work in 1971 was this concept challenged. This report presents a method where precise, reproducible, and quantitative measurements of skin blood flow can be made using four radioactive nuclide microspheres and measures the blood flow changes in flaps of differing length to width ratios.

Conclusions from our data suggest that the cutaneous blood flow in ventrally based, abdominal skin flaps in dogs is independent of base width as measured immediately after outlining and elevation.

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 21, 1975.

Read before the Committee for Research in Otolaryngology, American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Dallas, Oct 4, 1974.

Reprint requests to Emory University School of Medicine, 441 Woodruff Memorial Bldg, Atlanta, GA 30322 (Dr. Jackson).

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