Botulinum toxin type A on cutaneous flap viability in diabetic and tobacco-exposed rats.

CONCLUSIONS: Botulinum toxin A increased skin flap viability in control and diabetic rats on the seventh post-operative day. Increased lumen diameter, external arterial diameter, and lumen/wall thickness ratio were observed in the diabetes+BoNTA group. BoNTA had no effect in the tobacco-exposed group on the seventh postoperative day. PMID: 26465109 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Acta Cirurgica Brasileira - September 1, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Camargo CP, Jacomo AL, Battlehner CN, Lemos M, Saldiva PH, Martins MA, Munhoz AM, Gemperli R Tags: Acta Cir Bras Source Type: research