Expanded latissimus dorsi free flap for the treatment of extensive post-burn neck contracture.

abstract：:Conversion of the straight fibula bone flap into the parabolic mandible shape can be performed using customized acrylic templates made from a 1:1 mandible computed tomography scan and lateral cephalogram. The premise of the current study is to objectively quantify the variability in a series of acrylic templates used ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Matros E,Santamaria E,Cordeiro PG

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of the early regenerative response in an end-to-side neurorrhaphy rat model was studied using transmission electron microscopy. The ipsilateral saphenous nerve was grafted to the sciatic nerve under the following conditions: Group 1, the epineurium and perineurium of the sciatic nerve remained intac...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Okajima S,Terzis JK

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:Although many trauma centers are primarily "adult-oriented," the presentation of unusual life- or limb-threatening wounds in children occasionally have mandated urgent microvascular tissue transfer for salvage. For these rare instances, should a microsurgical team accustomed to dealing with adult trauma patients even ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Hallock GG

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：:This paper describes a new technique for microvascular anastomosis, which involves the overlapping of the adventitias of the two ends of a severed blood vessel, and then painting a cyanoacrylate adhesive on the outer surface of the vessel around the anastomosed part. Sixteen anastomoses were performed in both radial a...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Kim BY,Choi BH,Huh JY,Lee SH,Zhu SJ,Cho BP

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: Increased rates of both breast cancer and obesity have resulted in more obese women seeking breast reconstruction. Studies demonstrate that these women are at increased risk for perioperative complications. A systematic review was conducted to assess the outcomes in obese women who underwent breast reconstr...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Panayi AC,Agha RA,Sieber BA,Orgill DP

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral nerve injury may result in injury without gaps or injury with gaps between nerve stumps. In the presence of a nerve defect, the placement of an autologous nerve graft is the current gold standard for nerve restoration. The clinical employment of tubes as an alternative to autogenous nerve grafts is mainly j...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Konofaos P,Ver Halen JP

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lateral forearm flap is being increasingly used for covering minor-to-moderate-sized defects for which soft and thin skin is required. Within the framework of an anatomic study carried out on 28 cadaveric arms, the authors investigated the principal artery that supplies blood to this flap namely, the posterior rad...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Meirer R,Schrank C,Putz R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstruction of defects or wounds of the distal third of the leg with exposed bone, tendon, or hardware is challenging. Free tissue transfer has allowed limb salvage in many cases but requires a relatively healthy and stable patient, long operative times, and a significant expense. Small and moderate-size wounds of ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Parrett BM,Talbot SG,Pribaz JJ,Lee BT

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first in a series of studies designed to investigate the simultaneous changes in blood flow and microcirculation in an island flap during ischemia, in an ischemia-reperfusion model in the rabbit. An island groin flap based on the inferior epigastric vessels was harvested in 17 rabbits. The flap was rendere...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Gürlek A,Schusterman MA,Evans GR,Gherardini G

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local anesthetic drugs with prolonged nerve-block effect would have clinical application for postoperative or neuromatous pain relief. This study evaluated the possibility of peripheral nerve neurotoxicity by injection of 10 percent ammonium sulfate. Both intrafascicular and extrafascicular injection of 10 percent amm...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Kobayashi J,Mackinnon SE,Langer JC,Hertl MC,Hunter DA,Tarasidis G

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:Over the last decade, several models have investigated the usefulness of different biologic and/or synthetic matrices as alternatives to conventional nerve grafts. Still, axonal regeneration did not occur over longer (> 3 cm) distances. One problem may be that a growth-promoting environment not only includes physical ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Aszmann OC,Korak KJ,Luegmair M,Frey M

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Techniques for autologous breast reconstruction have evolved to minimize donor-site morbidity and reduce flap-specific complications. When available, the superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) flap represents the optimal method to achieve the former. However, many microsurgeons have been reluctant to adopt this...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Dorafshar AH,Januszyk M,Song DH

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palatal integrity is essential for useful speech, deglutition, good oral hygiene, and prevention of nasal regurgitation. Maxillary defects after tumor extirpation, therefore, can have serious functional and cosmetic implications. Given the often disappointing results obtained with local and regional pedicled flaps for...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Herman CK,Benacquista T,Brindzei N,Berdichevsky M,Baum T,Strauch B

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although often a life-saving therapeutic maneuver, there is minimal data available that details the effects of intraoperative packed red blood cell transfusion (IOT) after microvascular free tissue transfer. The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database was queried to identify all patients who underwent m...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Kim BD,Ver Halen JP,Mlodinow AS,Kim JY

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present 20 microvascular flaps based on arteriovenous perfusion, harvested from the distal anterior forearm, and configured in three different designs. Indications were small palmar, dorsal, and commissural defects, when other conventional procedures were not available; problematic cases of open reduction ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Reynoso R,Espinosa A,Mendoza M,Clifton J

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: There is an increasing trend toward bilateral breast reconstruction. Using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database, we sought to understand the association between unilateral and bilateral free flap breast reconstruction and operative time and flap failure. METHODS: We selected a...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Kwok AC,Edwards K,Donato DP,Tatro E,Xu Y,Presson AP,Agarwal JP

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Promoting neurological recovery requires strategies that simultaneously provide protection to injured neurons and increase the numbers of neurons that extend axons while inducing more rapid and extensive axon regeneration across long nerve gaps. An agent that facilitates the speed and success of reinnervation will hav...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Konofaos P,Terzis JK

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuous epidural bupivacaine infusion was used for anesthesia in 20 patients who underwent lower extremity free tissue transfer. In 60 percent of the patients, general anesthesia supplementation with nitrous oxide was used for comfort during prolonged lying on the operating table. In all cases, this technique pro...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Strecker WB,Wood MB,Wedel DJ

更新日期：1988-07-01 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：:Composite tissue transplantation has emerged as a viable alternative to prosthetics and complex reconstructive surgery. Thus far it is reserved for cases which cannot be effectively reconstructed and where it offers some benefits over prostheses. It has been used in the upper extremity with encouraging results and, mo...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Zuker RM,Redett R,Alman B,Coles JG,Timoney N,Ein SH

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors' experiences with 34 free lower TRAM flap transfers, in which 19 primary reconstructions and 15 secondary reconstructions were successfully achieved, are reviewed. The free TRAM flap yielded better results than the pedicled TRAM flap in cases where reconstruction of the infraclavicular and anterior axillar...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Yamada A,Harii K,Hirabayashi S,Kawashima T,Asato H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spinal cord cannot heal after severance because the central nervous system is "non-permissive" to the advancement of axons that regrow from presynaptic motoneurons. With the aim of overcoming paraplegia, the author has carried out extensive experimental research since 1980, first in rats and subsequently in monkey...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Brunelli GA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As reimbursement for free-tissue transfer decreases, the authors find an increase in the number of free flaps performed at their county facility. Over 60 percent of the free flaps performed during the past 10 years were completed within the last 4 years. This influx of patients prompted a review of their experience wi...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Maffi TR,Tran NV

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preoperative identification of perforators can facilitate the appropriate design of perforator flaps from the lower extremity. Although computed tomographic arteriography can now be considered the gold standard in this regard, this technology is not universally available or inexpensive, with a nonnegligible risk f...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Hallock GG

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The posterior calf region is a useful donor site for skin or composite flaps including muscle and/or nerves. We reported the first clinical use of the lateral gastrocnemius perforating artery flap including a vascularized sural nerve in 2003. This flap was elevated based on a perforator arising from the lateral head o...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Kashiwa K,Kobayashi S,Tono H,Ogino K,Kimura H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors' experience indicates that good functional results are achievable in cases with wide resection of the knee extensor mechanism. They report a low-grade myxoid fibrosarcoma patient in whom a one-stage functional reconstruction was carried out by transfer of a free latissimus dorsi flap without secondary surg...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Machens HG,Siemers F,Kaun M,Krapohl B,Reichert B,Russlies M,Krüger S,Stöckelhuber B,Mailänder P

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00