Free vascularized nerve grafts: an experimental study in the rabbit.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to determine the minimal postoperative time required that may allow free flap survival after occlusion or ligation of the microsurgical anastomosis without surgical intervention. METHODS:All reports describing free flap survival and failure after delayed postoperative vascular compr...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Yoon AP,Jones NF

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This experimental study investigates the feasibility of pretreating the abdominal skin of a rat with subdermal injections of adenovirus encoding angiopoietin-1 in order to improve postoperative survival of the skin flap. An epigastric skin flap was used as the model in this study. Rats received subdermal injections of...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Jung H,Gurunluoglu R,Scharpf J,Siemionow M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we present a case of the use of a conjoined fabricated free anterolateral thigh (ALT)/tensor fascia latae (TFL) perforator flap for reconstruction of the lower extremity with intraoperative flap design using intraoperative indocyanine green (ICG) monitoring. The flap was used for reconstruction of a 16...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Buehrer G,Taeger CD,Ludolph I,Horch RE,Beier JP

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The profunda artery perforator (PAP) flap is a new addition to our reconstructive armamentarium. In effort to better understand patient candidacy for the PAP flap we characterized the profunda artery perforators on preoperative imaging. METHODS:A retrospective review was completed of 40 preoperative poste...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Haddock NT,Greaney P,Otterburn D,Levine S,Allen RJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reviewed our experience with the gracilis myocutaneous (GMC) flap, potential risk factors for flap necrosis, and long-term morbidity at the donor-site. From 1993 to 2002, 29 GMC flaps were harvested from 27 patients (pedicled n = 21 and free n = 8). The overall incidence of flap necrosis was 13.79% (partial...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Papadopoulos O,Konofaos P,Georgiou P,Chrisostomidis C,Tsantoulas Z,Karypidis D,Kostakis A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent supermicrosurgical techniques have developed the possibility for vascular anastomosis of smaller vessels and it is now safe and sound to perform precise anastomoses between lymphatics and venules. Reported here is the 2 years experience on supermicrosurgical lymphaticovenular anastomosis and/or lymphaticovenous...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Demirtas Y,Ozturk N,Yapici O,Topalan M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free vascularised bone transfer (fibula, iliac crest, or rib) is an accepted method of bone grafting in malignant and non-union bone surgery. The vascular microanastomoses have transformed the bone healing by creeping substitution seen after non-vascularised grafting (a long and often insufficient process) into normal...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Nonnenmacher J,Bahm J,Moui Y

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was conducted to investigate the correlation between the number of vascularized lymph nodes (LN) transferred and resolution of hind limb lymphedema in a rat model. METHODS:Unilateral hind limb lymphedema was created in 18 male Sprague-Dawley rats following inguinal and popliteal LN resection and rad...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Nguyen DH,Chou PY,Hsieh YH,Momeni A,Fang YH,Patel KM,Yang CY,Cheng MH

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve injuries to the upper and inferior limbs represent a common event due both to home and working accidents. Minor traumas can lead to severe disabilities if a wrong treatment is carried out. From 1997 to 2005, 920 patients were observed with a total of 1,200 major or minor nerves injuries operated. In 852 cases ac...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Portincasa A,Gozzo G,Parisi D,Annacontini L,Campanale A,Basso G,Maiorella A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is currently considered the most useful test to evaluate the vascular anatomy of the lower leg prior to free fibula osteocutaneous flap transfer. This study aimed to confirm the validity of preoperative MRA. METHODS:In 19 patients underwent free fibula osteocutaneous f...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Akashi M,Nomura T,Sakakibara S,Sakakibara A,Hashikawa K

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvascular anastomosis is a demanding skill requiring technical excellence and a thorough knowledge of anatomy and physiology. Every suture placed in a microvascular anastomosis should be considered critical as each has the potential to compromise the delicate reconstruction. As such, any device that can facilitate...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Taylor J,Katz R,Singh N

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD) is a woman's perception that she is in a state of sexual arousal, without the ability of arousal to be satisfied by orgasm. It is the hypothesis of this study that PGAD results from a minimal degree of nerve compression of the dorsal branch of the pudendal nerve. If...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Klifto K,Dellon AL

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that a vein graft provides a good microenvironment for axon regeneration in motor peripheral nerves, but the use of artery graft for regeneration of sensory nerves is controversial. We sectioned the saphenous nerve and repaired it by using heterologous inside-out and standard artery graft techniques in rat...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Rodrigues Ade C,Silva MD

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Operative tremor can greatly influence the outcome of certain, precise, microsurgical operations. Reducing a surgeons tremor may not only improve the operative results but decrease the operative time. Previous studies have only measured uni or bi directional tremor and therefore have been unable to calculate...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Coulson CJ,Slack PS,Ma X

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a novel one-stage technique of total hepatectomy in the rat, in which the liver is replaced by an autologous prosthesis. This prosthesis is obtained from a donor rat, and consists of the subhepatic vena cava and the left renal vein harvested en block. This graft is sutured with the subdiaphragmatic cava and ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Lorenzo M,Angrisani L,Ventriglia R,Ismail T,Tesauro B

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study tests the hypothesis that peripheral hemodynamics in the rat femoral artery remain relatively stable during 3 hours of general anesthesia. Hemodynamic variables (pulse period, maximal centerline velocity, lumen diameter, and mean volumetric flow) were measured by the 20 MHz-pulsed ultrasonic Doppler ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Joos KM,Blair WF,Brown TD,Gabel RH

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A Bio 3D printed nerve conduit was reported to promote nerve regeneration in a 5 mm nerve gap model. The purpose of this study was to fabricate Bio 3D nerve conduits suitable for a 10 mm nerve gap and to evaluate their capacity for nerve regeneration in a rat sciatic nerve defect model. MATERIALS AND METH...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Takeuchi H,Ikeguchi R,Aoyama T,Oda H,Yurie H,Mitsuzawa S,Tanaka M,Ohta S,Akieda S,Miyazaki Y,Nakayama K,Matsuda S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Big craniofacial resections for highly invasive malignant neoplasm, including skull base and maxillary bones, always represent a difficult chance for the reconstructive surgeon. In these cases it is not easy to restore anatomy and function simultaneously even adopting complex microsurgical techniques. In maxillofacial...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Maranzano M,Rizzo R,Cicognini A,Sorato R,Recchia G,De Grazia R,Di Paola F,Paolin A,Mazzoleni G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present herein a case of massive arterial thrombosis of a free rectus abdominal musculocutaneous flap used for reconstructive surgery of gingival carcinoma that could not be rescued. A 54-year-old woman underwent the operation. She had experienced two miscarriages in her 20s, but medical history was otherwise uneve...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Asai E,Okouchi M,Momiyama M,Kajikawa A,Ueda K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes our experience using an improved technique for microsurgical sleeve anastomosis of arteries. Modifications of previously described techniques include utilization of a sidecut and placement of the two stitches within separate vertical planes. In 40 arteries, we attained a patency rate of 97.5%. His...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Zhang L,Tuchler RE,Shaw WW,Siebert JW

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe injuries at foot and ankle level with loss of soft tissues and bone are often treated by means of amputation. The transfer of composite free flaps from various donor sites may provide anatomical reconstruction of the foot and ankle and function. Ten patients who sustained severe combined tissue injuries of the ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Battiston B,Antonini A,Tos P,Daghino W,Massazza G,Riccio M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a 3-year study in which a series of 355 implantations of 1-cm-long fibrous polyurethane microvascular prostheses into the infrarenal aorta of the rat (group A) were evaluated with respect to patency and formation, structure, and fate of the neo-intima. Rats were sacrificed at various intervals from 1 da...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Hess F,Jerusalem C,Braun B,Grande P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) under basal conditions is an important regulator of vascular tone. Under ischemic conditions, however, NO can combine with superoxide anion to produce the damaging hydroxyl free radical. The current project observes the effect of inhibiting NO production (L-Nitro-amino-methyl-arginine, L-NAME) on fla...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Knox LK,Angel MF,Gamper T,Amiss LR,Morgan RF

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Selection of an appropriate model for preclinical assessment of new methods of peripheral nerve injury management is crucial. This report presents anatomic variations within brachial and lumbosacral plexuses in three selected rat strains Sprague Dawley (Hsd:Sprague Dawley SD), Lewis (LEW/SsNHsd), and Athymic Nu...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Bobkiewicz A,Cwykiel J,Siemionow M

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented where both the ulnar nerve and palmaris profundus tendon were found within the carpal tunnel during routine open decompression for carpal tunnel syndrome. ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Papanastasiou S,Sood M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The proximal peroneal artery perforator (PPAP) flap is a reliable, thin fasciocutaneous flap. The purpose of this article was to report our experience with the use of free PPAP flaps for reconstruction of defects of the distal hand and foot. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From November 2012 to September 2013, 9 patie...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Scaglioni MF,Kuo YR,Chen YC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasospasm is known to be present during most microvascular procedures. Not until recently has microsurgery made it possible to directly observe the dynamic nature of vascular spasm. This report reviews the physiologic events and the causes of vascular spasm during microsurgery. The current research models and the use ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Seaber AV

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally known that low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) accelerates peripheral nerve tissue regeneration. However, the precise cellular mechanism involved is still unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine how the Schwann cells respond directly to LIPUS stimuli. Thus, we investigated the effect of...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Zhang H,Lin X,Wan H,Li JH,Li JM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Primary functional and aesthetic results after free-flap salvage of lower extremities are occasionally suboptimal. The objective of this study was to identify predictors for secondary refinement procedures such as liposuction, dermolipectomy, or direct excision. In addition, patient-reported long-term sati...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Kotsougiani D,Platte J,Bigdeli AK,Hoener B,Kremer T,Kneser U,Harhaus L

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on a series of experiments designed to produce a skeletal muscle contraction functional for dynamic myoplasties. Conventional stimulation techniques recruit all or most of the muscle fibers simultaneously and with maximal strength. This approach has limitations in free dynamic muscle flap transfers ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Stremel RW,Zonnevijlle ED

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00