Venous component in scar penetrating neovascularisation

AbstractBackground: The impact of old scar tissue on the venous anatomy of a flap’s pedicle is an important question in reconstructive surgery. This study tried to investigate the venous component in scar penetrating neovascularisation.Methods: Fifty Sprague-Dawley rats were used in this experimental study. Two experimental groups were designed. In the first group, incisions were performed over the epigastric flap pedicles. In the second group, 1 cm wide segments were excised over the pedicles. Ten weeks after the initial operations, angiographies and histological examinations were performed. A control group was used to demonstrate the normal arterial and venous anatomy of the pedicle.Results: Arterial angiographies revealed that axial pattern arteries were visible in the incision group as opposed to the excision group. Although venous angiographies showed that there were more venous capillary formations in the incision group, none of the experimental groups had regenerated a vein with an axial pattern. H...