Fig. 5
From: Novel skin chamber for rat ischemic flap studies in regenerative wound repair
Flap survival in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Significant increase of blood sugar indicates a successful diabetic model in fasting rats 3 weeks after STZ induction (a). Gross picture of flap survival between healthy and diabetic rats (n = 4 in each group) (b). Diabetes significantly decreased the flap survival ratio after flap surgery for 7 days (c). The histological staining of skin architecture in healthy and diabetic flaps (d). Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation