Engineered Vascularized Muscle Flap

Dana Egozi; Yulia Shandalov; Alina Freiman; Dekel Rosenfeld; David Ben-Shimol; Shulamit Levenberg

doi:10.3791/52984

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Bioengineering

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דש שריר כלי דם מהונדס

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JoVE Journal Bioengineering

Engineered Vascularized Muscle Flap

דש שריר כלי דם מהונדס

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08:18 min

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January 11, 2016

DOI:

10.3791/52984-v

DOI:

10.3791/52984-v

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08:18 min

January 11, 2016

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Dana Egozi*¹, Yulia Shandalov*², Alina Freiman^2,3, Dekel Rosenfeld², David Ben-Shimol⁴, Shulamit Levenberg²

¹Department of Plastic Surgery,Kaplan Medical Center, ²Biomedical Engineering,Technion Israel Institute of Technology, ³Interdepartmental Program in Biotechnology,Technion Israel Institute of Technology, ⁴Medicine Department,Technion Israel Institute of Technology

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Summary

To date, thick tissue defects are typically reconstructed by applying autologous tissue flaps or engineered tissues. In this protocol, we present a new method for engineering vascularized tissue flap bearing an autologous pedicle, to serve as a substitute to autologous flaps.