During the trials the patients were given either ... After the crossover trial the patients started on a thera- ..... Brain SD, Williams TJ, Tippins JR, Moms HR, Mac.
Scand J Plast Reconstr Hand Surg 24: 129-134, 1990
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EFFECTS OF ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (ENS) IN ISCHEMIC TISSUE J. Kjartansson',2 and T. Lundeberg3 From the 'Department of Surgery, St. Joseps Hospital, Hufnarfjordur, Iceland, 'Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kurolinska Hospital, and 'Physiology 11, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
(Submitted for publication November 10. 1988)
Abstract. Blood flow was measured in the skin flaps of 20 patients who had undergone reconstructive surgery. All flaps were showing clinical signs of deficient circulation. Local blood flow in skin flaps was significantly increased by electrical nerve stimulation (ENS) @
