Cadaver studies of correlation between vessel size and anatomical territory of cutaneous supply.

The anatomical territories of individual vessels supplying the skin and subcutaneous tissues have been measured in specimens of cadaver skin following intra-arterial whole-body barium sulphate injection. An attempt has been made to correlate these area measurements with measurements of the diameters of individual vessels. A method has also been devised for measuring the "axiality" of the territories of distribution of individual perforators.

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