Tram flap transfer after suction assisted lipectomy the rat model

20 rats have been used in 2 groups. In the control group TRAM flap has been elevated and sutured into the original bed over a silastic sheet. In liposuction group 6 weeks following liposuction of the abdomen of the rats, flaps were elevated as in the control group. 15 days later, the viable surface area of the skin paddle was measured. Microangiography was also done at this time. The observation showed that the mean surviving surface area of the flaps in the liposuction group is greater than the control. Suctioning of the skin paddle of the flaps with a non-traumatizing cannula may exert a delay effect that results in increasing the viability of the flaps