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(a) A previously described epigastric flap model was used to evaluate the regenerative and angiogenic effects of the treatment protocol. 42 After the ligation of the contralateral vascular bundle, the flap pedicle consists only of the unilateral inferior epigastric vessels. (b) The ligation of one neurovascular bundle leads to the controlled necrosis of the contralateral side of the flap tissue
