Value of remote ischaemic preconditioning in rat dorsal skin flaps and clamping time.Kosuke Masaoka, Hirotaka Asato, Kohei Umekawa, Masaya Imanishi, Ayako SuzukiJournal of plastic surgery and hand surgery2016OBJECTIVE According to previous reports, remote ischaemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a "delay" procedure that is highly likely to be useful for preventing skin flap necrosis. Differences in the extent… (More)