Determining the maximal length of a vein conduit used as an interposition graft for nerve regeneration.

abstract：:Anatomic variations in branching pattern of axillary artery (AxA) are common and typically involve subscapular artery (SsA) and posterior circumflex humeral artery (PCHA). Several skin and muscle flaps are based on the branches of AxA. Furthermore, these branches are frequently used as recipient vessels in functioning...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Hattori Y,Doi K,Sakamoto S,Satbhai N

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of craniofacial reconstruction is not only life-saving but also facial aesthetics. From this viewpoint the authors evaluated the facial symmetry of patients after craniofacial reconstruction. The subjects were seven patients reconstructed after craniofacial resections. Their CT or MR images were evaluated jus...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Sarukawa S,Okazaki M,Asato H,Koshima I

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tremendous variability of the inferior epigastric arterial system makes accurate imaging of the vasculature of the anterior abdominal wall an essential component of optimal perforator selection. Preoperative imaging of the abdominal vasculature allows for preoperative perforator selection, resulting in improved op...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Greenspun D,Vasile J,Levine JL,Erhard H,Studinger R,Chernyak V,Newman T,Prince M,Allen RJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: The anterolateral region of the thigh is one of the most used donor areas for flaps. However, there are cases in which large defects require more than the conventional skin island provided by the anterolateral thigh flap (ALT). For an extended skin island flap, we developed a new boomerang thigh flap (BTF),...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Barreiro GC,Fioravanti AB,Borges LHS,Snider CC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoulder pathology and its diagnosis must be considered in evaluation of the patient suspected of having thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS). Overlooking usually treatable conditions in the shoulder may lead to unfavorable results, if treatment is directed, instead, to neurolysis of the brachial plexus or first rib resecti...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Levin LS,Dellon AL

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with scleroderma, ischemic pain, non-healing digital ulceration, and digital arterial obstruction were successfully treated with peripheral sympathectomy and digital arterial reconstruction using a reversed small-caliber vein graft. Postoperatively, digital blood flow increased and ulceration healed in bo...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Tomaino MM,King J,Medsger T

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The free extended lateral arm flap (ELAF) has gained increasing popularity thank to its slimness and versatility, longer neurovascular pedicle, and greater flap size when compared with the original flap design. The aim of this study was to assess the donor-site morbidity associated with this extended procedure. A retr...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Depner C,Erba P,Rieger UM,Iten F,Schaefer DJ,Haug M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although free vascularized iliac bone graft has been successfully used for the reconstruction of large bone defect with microvascular surgery, there is a serious problem of how to repair in one-stage, those cases having a large bone defect with a very wide skin defect. A free combined anterolateral flap and vasculariz...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Koshima I,Fukuda H,Soeda S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effect of crush duration at different loads on motor functional recovery. One hundred and thirty-eight rats were divided into five groups: sham operation, resected sciatic nerve, and 100 g, 500 g, and 15,000 g of sciatic crush load (Groups 1 to 5). According to crush duration, Groups 3 and ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Chen LE,Seaber AV,Urbaniak JR

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional limb salvage requires motor and sensory reconstruction of the extremity. An avulsion of the tibial nerve in the popliteal fossa after arthroscopy is presented. Functional limb recovery necessitated intraoperative nerve mapping by awake stimulation, neurotization of the gastrocnemius muscle bellies, and inte...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Francel TJ,Dellon AL

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regardless of its type, the repair of a peripheral nerve must ideally permit early motion of the affected limb and resist disruption by the tensile forces generated throughout the healing process and regeneration. A comparative study of the mechanical resistance of the repair of the sciatic nerve with biological glue ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Nishimura MT,Mazzer N,Barbieri CH,Moro CA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: To determine the role of mechanical allodynia (MA) in predicting good surgical outcome for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data of 192 patients with painful DPN were collected in this study, with 148 surgical patients and 44 patients in the control group. Both groups we...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Liao C,Nickerson DS,Visocchi M,Yang M,Liu P,Zhong W,Zhou H,Zhang W

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat model is commonly utilized in peripheral nerve research. Due to the short length of the rat limb and the animal's inherent neuroregenerative capacity, the timing of assessment of nerve regeneration is critical, and significant differences between groups can be lost if assessment is done too late. Additionally,...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Calvert GT,Doolabh VB,Grand AG,Hunter DA,Mackinnon SE

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increased clinical use of computer-assisted design (CAD) and computer-assisted modeling (CAM) for osseous flap reconstruction, particularly in the head and neck region. Limited information exists about methods to optimize the application of this new technology and for cases in which it may be advantageous ove...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Matros E,Albornoz CR,Rensberger M,Weimer K,Garfein ES

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsurgical treatment of ring avulsion injuries is often difficult, due to widespread intimal damage of the digital vascular bundles. Thirty-one patients with such injuries in varying degrees were treated during the period 1986 to 1992: of these, 15 underwent microsurgical revascularization. In addition to the tradi...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Adani R,Castagnetti C,Busa R,Caroli A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: Replantation of a single digit at the distal phalanx level is not routinely performed since it is technically challenging with questionable cost-effectiveness. The purpose of this study was to analyze international microsurgeons' clinical decisions when faced with this common scenario. METHODS: A survey of...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Kwon SH,Lao WW,Hsu AT,Lee CH,Hsu CC,Huang JJ,Qiu SS,Tilkorn D,Tang ET,Lu JC,Chang TN

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forequarter amputation combined with chest wall resection may present a difficult closure problem. In a recent case, the defect was satisfactorily closed with a free flap from the amputated extremity, employing the entire soft tissue of the forearm. ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Schmidt RG,Springfield DS,Dell PC

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of free-tissue transfers for the reconstruction of radiation-induced complex injuries. The case files for patients who underwent reconstruction for radiation-induced injuries between May 1988 and November 1995 at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center were...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Gürlek A,Miller MJ,Amin AA,Evans GR,Reece GP,Baldwin BJ,Schusterman MA,Kroll SS,Robb GL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) osteomyelitis and bone infection were treated with vascularized fibular grafts. There were 16 males and four females, and the patient ages at operation ranged from 17 to 73 years. Nine of the lesions affected the femur, eight the tibia, and there ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Yajima H,Kobata Y,Shigematsu K,Kawamura K,Kawate K,Tamai S,Takakura Y

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified, two-stage arteriovenous flow-through venous flap was designed to repair skin defects due to third-degree burns on the dorsum of the hand in four patients. Two weeks after plasty of an arteriovenous (A-V) shunt between the greater saphenous vein and dorsalis pedis artery, the arterialized flow-through venou...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Ueda Y,Mizumoto S,Hirai T,Doi Y,Fukui A,Tamai S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue expansion in combination with flap transfer has been widely reported as preexpansion of flaps, but only once as expansion of a free flap after transfer. Three free flaps and one pedicled flap were expanded after transfer. Indication, timing of expander implantation and explantation, technical aspects, and compl...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Baumeister S,Follmar KE,Erdmann D,Baccarani A,Levin LS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood flow distribution in conventional and vascularized canine nerve grafts was analyzed. Between 4 and 6 days after operation, blood flow at both the fascicular (endoneural) and the nerve-sheath (epineural) levels was significantly greater in the nonvascularized nerve grafts than in their vascularized counterparts (...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Daly PJ,Wood MB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study attempted to re-establish vascularization to canine allograft bone by means of the introduction of a pedicle in the medullary canal with a capillary network. The experiment showed basically that the introduction of arteries and veins with a capillary network into the medullary canal of an allograft femur pr...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Carneiro R,Malinin T

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regions of the body have cortical and subcortical representation in proportion to their degree of innervation. The rat forepaw has been studied extensively in recent years using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), typically by stimulation using electrodes directly inserted into the skin of the forepaw. H...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Cho YR,Jones SR,Pawela CP,Li R,Kao DS,Schulte ML,Runquist ML,Yan JG,Hudetz AG,Jaradeh SS,Hyde JS,Matloub HS

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Composite tissue allograft (CTA) transplantation, such as the clinical face and hand transplants, has now been performed in multiple centers across the world. The transplants have successfully treated complex injuries that have either failed conventional approaches or where autologous reconstruction could not restore ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Chang J,Davis CL,Mathes DW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of rat ear replantation and its inherent advantages as an experimental model have previously been demonstrated. The purpose of this study was to validate the technical feasibility of rat ear transplantation. To eliminate immunologic rejection as a complicating factor, highly inbred Lewis rats (strain L...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Chiu DT,Ascherman JA,Patsis MC

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve decompression surgery for leprosy neuritis has a long history and large literature. New understanding of the high frequency of spontaneous recovery from nerve function impairment requires re-evaluation of the value of decompression in acute nerve dysfunction with strong evidence-based protocols. Several reports ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Nickerson DS,Nickerson DE

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radical resection of tongue and oropharyngeal carcinomas often results in complex defects that are challenging to reconstruct. Furthermore, remaining function should not be disturbed by the reconstruction. We introduce a new flap design and monitored swallowing and speech following reconstruction of complex oral defec...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Yagi S,Kamei Y,Nakayama B,Toriyama K,Torii S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used quantitative PCR in the murine model to compare the ability of a limb allograft vs. a comparable dose of marrow suspension to induce chimerism. Female C57Bl/6 mice received a vascularized hindlimb allograft, a comparable dose of 5 x 10 (6) donor bone marrow cells, or a standard dose (20 x 10 (6)) of ma...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Cohen M,Mohanakumar T,Mackinnon SE,Tung TH

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments have been performed using CO2 laser-assisted microvascular anastomoses, and they demonstrated the following features, in comparison with conventional anastomoses: ease in technique; less time consumption; less tissue inflammation; early wound healing; equivalency of patency rate and inner pressure toleranc...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Kiyoshige Y,Tsuchida H,Hamasaki M,Takayanagi M,Watanabe Y

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00