Expanding the applications of the combined transverse upper gracilis and profunda artery perforator (TUGPAP) flap for extensive defects.

abstract：:The lumbar spines of twenty-one dogs were used as an experimental model. The animals were divided into three groups. In the first group, selective damage to the perimeningeal blood vessels was induced and the resultant hematoma was left untouched in the spinal canal. In the second group, the posterior longitudinal lig...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Touliatos AS,Soucacos PN,Beris AE

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ring avulsion can lead to soft tissue compromise resulting in eventual digit failure or restriction of motion. The authors present use of the venous flow through flap for simultaneous soft tissue and digital vessel reconstruction in severe ring avulsion injury. A retrospective review of ring avulsion injuries treated ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Brooks D,Buntic RF,Taylor C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inter- and intraobserver reliability of the walking-track analysis of sciatic nerve function in the rat was assessed. Twenty-five walking tracks were assessed on three different occasions by four observers. Whereas the interobserver reliability was found to be excellent (r = 0.92), the intraobserver reliability wa...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Brown CJ,Evans PJ,Mackinnon SE,Bain JR,Makino AP,Hunter DA,Hare G

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free groin flap donor skin is unequaled in generous skin supply and inconspicuousness. We reliably utilize this region by taking advantage of the dual blood supply from superficial circumlex iliac (SCIA) and superficial inferior epigastric (SIEA) arteries and name the flap "Free SCIA/SIEA skin flap." The arterial pedi...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Aydin MA,Nasir S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft recurrence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) was examined. Islet transplantation or pancreas-alone transplantation excluding the duodenum and peripancreatic lymph nodes was compared with whole pancreaticoduodenal transplantation. A Wistar Furth (WF; RT1(u), RT6.2) to major histocompatibility complex ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Tori M,Ito T,Yumiba T,Maeda A,Sawai T,Miyasaka M,Kiyono H,Matsuda H,Nozawa M,Shirakura R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:End-to-side neurorrhaphy, a possible strategy for treating nerve lesions without useable proximal nerve stumps, has been experimentally and clinically investigated. In end-to-side neurorrhaphy, three main elements should be considered: 1) the induction of axonal collateral sprouting in the donor nerve; 2) the ability ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Zhang F,Fischer KA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombosis is a common cause of flap failure in microvascular tissue transfer, which questions the effects of anemia on this outcome. This article seeks to contribute a large, multi-institutional data analysis to this debate. METHODS:Free tissue transfer patients were identified in the National Surgical Qua...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Mlodinow AS,Ver Halen JP,Rambachan A,Gaido J,Kim JY

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was designed to investigate the role of terminal probes as determinates of two-point discrimination in the normal hand. A Vernier caliper was modified to allow an exchange of probes with different diameters and with different terminal shapes. These terminal devices included flat, sharp, and rounded probe tips ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Levin LS,Regan N,Pearsall G,Nunley JA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred sixty-seven thumb replantations and revascularisations were performed from 1977 to 1987 by the Ljubljana microsurgical team. Early microvascular results of thumb replantations and early reoperations were analysed retrospectively. Age of the patients, level of traumatic amputation, mechanism of injury, use ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Janezic TF,Arnez ZM,Solinc M,Zaletel-Kragelj L

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascularized grafting with segments of fibula was performed in four men with aseptic necrosis of the femoral head. The patients were restricted to relatively young individuals in whom the necrosis seemed to be confined to two-thirds or less of the femoral head and in whom the outer shell of the femoral head appeared r...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Fujimaki A,Yamauchi Y

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When pharyngoesophagectomy is performed in conjunction with anterior mediastinal tracheostomy, reconstructing both the trachea and alimentary tract is extremely difficult. We developed a novel 1-stage reconstructive procedure using a single free jejunal flap containing multiple vascular pedicles to decrease ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Kubo T,Kurita T,Tashima H,Seike S,Fujii T,Yano M,Yamasaki M,Doki Y,Hosokawa K

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to report our initial experience with lymphaticovenular anastomoses (LVA), a controversial technique for lymphedema treatment. Although LVA technique was described many years ago, the procedure is not as widespread as it was supposed to be, taking into account the high impact that lymphede...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Auba C,Marre D,Rodríguez-Losada G,Hontanilla B

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report the wide clinical experience and the research studies in the microsurgical treatment of peripheral lymphedema. METHODS:More than 1800 patients with peripheral lymphedema have been treated with microsurgical techniques. Derivative lymphatic microvascular procedures recognize today its most exemplar...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Campisi C,Bellini C,Campisi C,Accogli S,Bonioli E,Boccardo F

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this report we present two cases of gunshot injury related midfoot defects, reconstructed with a chimeric partial scapula and latissimus dorsi muscle flap and short perforator-based skin flap. The first case, a 14 years old male, had 10 × 8 cm medial plantar and 6 × 4 cm dorsal foot defects and the seco...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Ozcan Akcal A,Ünal K,Gorgulu T,Akif Akcal M,Bigat Z

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an easily constructed devise, which allows the testing and comparison of microsurgical apparatus, providing a numerical result for statistical analysis. It also enables the trainee microsurgeon to practise basic microsurgical skills in a safe environment. Construction and uses are discussed. ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Southern SJ,Ramakrishnan V

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freeze-dried venous interposition allografts with an internal diameter of 1.0 mm and a length of 1.0 cm were placed into the femoral arteries of 17 Sprague-Dawley albino male rats in order to investigate patency and host tissue response. The immediate patency rate was 88%. The epigastric island flap was monitored as a...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Pratt MF,Schneider J,Norris MS

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the fate of graft cells following vascularized bone allografting. This study was conducted to define the process of graft-cell repopulation with recipient cells. Sixty-five vascularized tibial bone and 50 limb allotransplantations were performed in rat sex-mismatched pairs. FK 506 was used for im...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Muramatsu K,Kurokawa Y,Kuriyama R,Taguchi T,Bishop AT

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:A 23-year-old male patient was operated for a soft tissue defect of the spine using a free musculocutaneous latissimus dorsi flap with two 21-cm long venous grafts connecting the flap to its vascular supply at the thoracodorsal vessels. This young patient suffered from Noonan's Syndrome that is a complex hereditary ma...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Sinis N,Lanaras TI,Kraus A,Werdin F,Schaller HE,Peek A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of tension at the site of coaptation on recovery of sciatic nerve function after neurorrhaphy were studied by evaluating walking-track measurements, nerve conduction velocity measurements, histomorphometry, and electron probe X-ray microanalysis. Forty adult male Lewis rats underwent right sciatic nerve (S...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Maeda T,Hori S,Sasaki S,Maruo S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distinction between hammer toes and clawed toes is poorly emphasized. The neural origin of clawing in the foot is related to the lateral plantar nerve, and suggests that surgical treatment directed at decompression or neurolysis of the lateral plantar nerve may either reverse or prevent progression of intrinsic mo...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Dellon AL,Steck JK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprostaglandin E1 (lipo-PGE1) has been found accumulating in injured vascular regions. This study examined the localization of lipo-PGE1 in the anastomotic region. The study was divided into three parts. First, we performed anastomosis of the rat femoral artery and vein (n = 17). Lipo-PGE1 labeled with 1,1'-dioctad...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Okochi M,Ueda K,Kajikawa A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distally-based anterolateral thigh flap is an attractive option for proximal leg and knee coverage but venous congestion is common. Restoration of antegrade venous drainage via great saphenous vein supercharge to the proximal flap vein is proposed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare outcomes of ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Lin CH,Zelken J,Hsu CC,Lin CH,Wei FC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosynthetic guides can be an alternative to nerve grafts for reconstructing severely injured peripheral nerves. The aim of this study was to evaluate the regenerative capability of chitosan tubes to bridge critical nerve gaps (15 mm long) in the rat sciatic nerve compared with silicone (SIL) tubes and nerve autograft...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Gonzalez-Perez F,Cobianchi S,Geuna S,Barwig C,Freier T,Udina E,Navarro X

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated blood flow changes after experimental free tissue transfer and the potential hemodynamic effect of sildenafil on the free flap. Sixteen swine were used for free transfer of a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap to the chest that was anastomosed to the internal mammary vessels, and were randomized into cont...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Gravvanis A,Papalois A,Delikonstantinou I,Pentilas N,Zogogiannis I,Tsoutsos D,Karakitsos D

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Venous congestion is the most common vascular complication of the deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flaps. Adding a second venous drainage by anastomosing a flap vein and a recipient vein (super-drainage) is considered the solution of choice. Evidence to support this procedure, had not yet ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Pignatti M,Pinto V,Giorgini FA,Lozano Miralles ME,Cannamela G,D'Arpa S,Cipriani R,De Santis G

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-year-old girl who sustained the hemiplegic cerebral palsy and subsequent spasticity in the left upper extremity underwent the C7 nerve root rhizotomy and the contralateral C7 nerve root transfer to the ipsilateral middle trunk of brachial plexus through an interpositional sural nerve graft. In a 2-year follow-up, ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Xu WD,Hua XY,Zheng MX,Xu JG,Gu YD

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In microvascular reconstructive surgery the patency of the recipient vessels is the key to successful outcome. In head and neck surgery there is often a lack of adequate recipient vessels as a result of chemoradiation therapy and ablative surgery. To overcome this it is crucial to identify vessels of adequate length a...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Vasilakis V,Patel HD,Chen HC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular prostheses with the inner diameter smaller than 1 mm were implanted to the common carotid artery of rats, and their patency was examined. Four types of tubes were prepared for this purpose in Experiment 1: polyethylene (PE), poly-(acrylic acid)-grafted polyethylene (PE-AA), polyacrylamide-grafted polyethylene...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Miyake H,Handa H,Yonekawa Y,Taki W,Naruo Y,Yamagata S,Ikada Y,Iwata H,Suzuki M

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A challenge to the microsurgeon is perfecting the technique of replantation of small pieces of facial tissue, mainly because of the extremely small size of the arteries as well as a lack of suitable veins for drainage. In the past 4 years, we have had seven cases of facial amputations, which included one scalp, two na...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Jeng SF,Wei FC,Noordhoff MS

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00