Barium sulphate and soft-tissue radiology: allying the old and the new for the investigation of animal cutaneous microcirculation

Article Article scientifique Article Barium sulphate and soft-tissue radiology: allying the old and the new for the investigation of animal cutaneous microcirculation eng 2002 author Quinodoz Pierre Dominique 33368 author Quinodoz Malika 121555 author Nussbaum Jean-Louis 527029 author Montandon Denys 25383 author Pittet Cuenod Brigitte Maud 114581 664-667 10.1054/bjps.2002.3949 12550120 0007-1226 The study of microcirculation using angiography is essential to the advancement of flap and angiogenesis research in plastic surgery. Until the mid-1980s, barium sulphate was the most commonly used contrast material, although it did not provide optimal visualisation of the vascular tree. In 1986, a new technique using lead oxide was proposed, which permitted very high-quality imaging and rapidly became the technique of choice, despite its high toxicity. We reconsider the former technique of barium-sulphate injection and combine it with soft-tissue radiology using mammographic film to achieve a radiological definition similar to that obtained with lead oxide, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the two methods. We conclude that barium sulphate and the use of mammographic film is an accurate, simple and non-toxic method of analysing the cutaneous circulation in small animals. Angiography/methods Animals Barium Sulfate/diagnostic use Contrast Media Mammography/instrumentation Microcirculation Rabbits Skin/blood supply Surgical Flaps/blood supply X-Ray Film Dewey 617 57 Département de chirurgie 222 false 72 Groupe Pittet Cuenod Brigitte (chirurgie plastique et reconstructive) 96 British journal of plastic surgery 55 8 6833dddd-f682-455f-9e6e-f04dafa18431 Article (Published version) Restricted 1-s2.0-S0007122602939494-main.pdf 988586 application/pdf restrictedAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

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Barium sulphate and soft-tissue radiology: allying the old and the new for the investigation of animal cutaneous microcirculation	British journal of plastic surgery			2002	571	0

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