abstract：:In this paper, we report on the anatomical study of 34 cadaveric forearms with red latex injection and the clinical application of this study to 11 cases of microsurgical second dorsal metacarpal artery (SDMA) flaps. There were 8 cutaneous cases and 3 tenocutaneous cases using SDMA flaps for distal finger reconstructi...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Yu GR,Yuan F,Chang SM,Zhang F

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of training in basic microsurgical suturing technique usually involves placing sutures on incisions made on latex sheets, and then progressing to a live anastomosis in a rat model. A straight incision resembles a skin incision and does not mechanically simulate vessel wall suturing, and various modification...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Lahiri A,Lim AY,Qifen Z,Lim BH

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using 9-12-month-old Lewis rats, our laboratory performed consecutive organ transplantations to assess the technical feasibility and observe the histopathologies of prolonged transplants and implants over a rat's life span. This study includes a total of 688 cases of consecutive syngeneic organ transplantation, includ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Lee S,Hong IC,Yoo CH,Nam S,Bai S,Pivetti C,Kim KK,Emmanuel G,Kim JJ,D'Silva M,Wang Y,Nozawa M,Lee D,Niewiadomski S,Yoon JH,Jung SI,Wolf P,Gittes RF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibody directed against CD40 ligand prevents acute allograft rejection in several models of solid-organ transplantation. This study describes the use of CD40 ligand as antirejection therapy in a mouse peripheral nerve allograft model. C3H mice received 8-mm nerve isografts (n = 2) or nerve allografts from...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Jensen JN,Tung TH,Mackinnon SE,Brenner MJ,Hunter DA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on an anatomic study, a transfer of the brachialis muscle branch of the musculocutaneous nerve (BMBMCN) to finger flexor functional fascicles of the median nerve was designed. Preliminary results of clinical application of this new procedure are reported. Dissection of 32 cadaver upper limbs revealed that BMBMCN...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Gu Y,Wang H,Zhang L,Zhang G,Zhao X,Chen L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If segmental nerve defects could be repaired by elongating the proximal or distal segments, nerve grafting might be unnecessary. We elongated a 40-mm proximal segment of an injured median nerve, in the rabbit right forelimb, at a rate of 1 mm/day for 10 days in 10 rabbits and for 15 days in another 10. On the left for...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Baoguo J,Shibata M,Matsuzaki H,Takahashi HE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the rate of disappearance of noradrenaline in arterial grafts after their transplanation. Arterial grafts were harvested from AO/Ks:OC strain rats. In each rat, a graft was harvested from the femoral artery and transplanted into the common carotid artery. A contralateral unoper...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Penttilä H,Huttunen P,Von Smitten K,Waris T,Ashammakhi N

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histomorphometrical assessment of regenerated peripheral nerves is a very common goal of many studies in experimental microsurgery. In this paper, the main critical issues in nerve fiber sampling for quantitative morphological assessment are addressed. The equal opportunity rule, i.e., the basic paradigm of random sam...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Geuna S,Gigo-Benato D,Rodrigues Ade C

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:In clinical settings, combined heart and kidney transplantation results in a lower incidence of cardiac graft and renal graft rejection as compared to isolated heart and kidney transplantation. To study the phenomenon in an experimental setting, we developed a model of combined heart and kidney transplantation in mice...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Wang M,Bai J,Baumann M,Heemann U

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of combined two toe transfer after distal ulnar artery fasciocutaneous flap in a 10-year-old boy who has four-digit amputation. Four years after the operation, satisfactory results were obtained both functionally and cosmetically. ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Yildiz M,Sener M,Turgutoğlu O,Baki C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this experiment was to determine the stimulating and recording characters of fascicular physioelectrical signals in the activity of peripheral nerves by longitudinally implanted intrafascicular electrodes (LIFEs) in a rabbit sciatic nerve model, and discuss the future application of LIFEs in functional ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Zheng X,Zhang J,Chen T,Chen Z

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1987-2002, omental free-tissue transfer was used in 11 patients, aged 6-65 years (mean age, 37.6). The omentum was used for the treatment of brachial plexus injury pain (3 cases), Romberg's disease (1 case), defects of the extremities occurring with chronic obstructive arterial disease (2 cases), posttraumatic...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Ciuce C,Seddiq F,Fodor M,Constantinescu D,Todoran M,Andercou A,Demco D

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Cerebral aspergillosis infection is a rare disease in children that carries extremely high morbidity and mortality. Although occurring most commonly in the immunosuppressed patient, cerebral aspergillosis infection has been reported after trauma or neurosurgical procedures. Amphotericin B is the main medical therapy f...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Antony AK,Hong RW,Amieva M,Taekman MS,Huhn SL,Karanas YL

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are controversial in vitro data comparing the strength of the cellular immune response between allogeneic and xenogeneic stimulator/responder combinations. The present study therefore compares in vivo lymphocyte proliferation using heart transplantation (HTx) models in mice. Heterotopic HTx into BALB/c mice was ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Kellersmann R,Kellersmann A,Thiede A,Ulrichs K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the results after implantation of ovarian follicles by various modes in a total of 82 cases. One or five ovarian follicles were implanted into spleens in castrated female rats. In 20 cases among these, each five follicles were implanted into native and transplanted spleens after spleen transplantation (dou...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Hong IC,Lee S,Yoo CH,Nam S,Bai S,Kim K,Pivetti CD,Niewiadomski ST,Wolf P,Gittes RF

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All kinds of technical faults must be prevented in microvascular anastomosis for successful reconstructive microsurgery. Torsion at the anastomosis site is one of the most basic technical errors. In this study, we investigate the effect of different degrees of microarterial torsion on patency and its physical changes ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Topalan M,Bilgin SS,Ip WY,Chow SP

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many techniques have been developed for the evaluation of peripheral nerve function. Consequently, physicians use different techniques in the clinic. This study describes the evaluation of touch after median nerve lesions in the forearm and repair. In order to evaluate touch, 25 patients, aged 11-51 years (mean, 29 ye...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Meek MF,Coert JH,Wong KH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a new and efficient treatment for reconstruction of bilateral defective thumbs by different configured toe-tissues transplantations in a single stage, including bilateral second-toe transfer in 2 cases, bilateral hallux wrap-around flap transfer in 1 case, bilateral modified hallux wrap-around flap...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Xu L,Gu YD,Xu JG,Rui YJ,Shou KS

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:The potential for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) to decrease the untoward effects of a secondary ischemic event was studied in the rat superficial epigastric flap model. The secondary venous ischemic flap was created by cross-clamping the vascular pedicles for 2 h. Twenty-four hours later, the flap was reelevated and...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Gampper TJ,Zhang F,Mofakhami NF,Morgan RF,Amiss R,Hoard MA,Angel MF

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the effect of isovolemic hemodilution with 3% albumin per se on the prevention of microvascular venous thrombosis, using an experimental model in rats mimicking the thrombotic mechanisms similar to those in clinical situations. Male Wistar rats were allocated into t...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Farina JA Jr,Piccinato CE,Rossi MA,Mazzer N,Llorach-Velludo MA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the protective effects of ligustrazine on renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, the influence of ligustrazine injection on plasma superoxide dismutase (SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), and endothelin-1 (ET-1), as well as changes of morphology of renal tubules, were studied in rat kidney models with ischemia-re...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Sun L,Li Y,Shi J,Wang X,Wang X

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) on the survival rate of experimental rat pedicle island flaps with arterial, venous, and combined arteriovenous insufficiency was evaluated. Forty male Wistar rats with pedicle island flaps were divided into four groups with different types of vascular status. Another 40 male Wist...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Ulkür E,Yüksel F,Açikel C,Celiköz B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bridging of nerve gaps is still one of the major problems in peripheral nerve surgery. The present experiment describes our attempt to engineer different biologic nerve grafts in a rat sciatic nerve model: cultured isogenic Schwann cells were implanted into 2-cm autologous acellular nerve grafts or autologous pred...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Frerichs O,Fansa H,Schicht C,Wolf G,Schneider W,Keilhoff G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurorraphy, conventional nerve grafting technique, and artificial nerve conduits are not enough for repair in severe injuries of peripheral nerves, especially when there is separation of motor nerve from muscle tissue. In these nerve injuries, reinnervation is indicated for neurotization. The distal end of a peripher...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Askar I,Sabuncuoglu BT

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and experimental studies have been conducted to improve the survival of venous flaps. As a result of these studies, although various survival mechanisms were raised, none obtained satisfactory information. Venous stasis, and the resultant venous thrombosis, is a factor that decreases the survival of venous fl...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Askar I,Saray A,Gurlek A,Sevin K,Sabuncuoglu BT

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthotopic partial liver transplantation (PLT) models were developed in rats to explore the unique role of the liver in transplant tolerance. In PVG rats, syngeneic PLT established that surgical reduction to one-third of the liver and orthotopic transplantation permitted survival. Allogeneic PLT in the PVG to DA liver...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Sun J,Qin G,Wu L,Wang C,Sheil AG

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the experimental model to develop a spleen transplant model in mice to study the role of spleen in autoimmune and transplant rejection. After a midline incision, splenectomy was performed. Four tiny segments were cut from the removed spleen and were rinsed at room temperature in physiological salt solution....

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Mikó I,Bráth E,Furka I,Kovács J,Kelvin D,Zhong R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silicone rubber (polydimethyl siloxane) tubes are used clinically in peripheral nerve reconstruction. A disadvantage of this procedure is that the material often has to be removed owing to its mechanical properties. The aim of our study was to investigate the healing of reconstructed sensory nerves tubulized by silico...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Heijke GC,Klopper PJ,Baljet B,van Doorn IB

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is clear that the late clinical symptomatology and the patency of forearm arterial repairs have been contradictory. This study, during which the relationship between the symptomatology and patency has been studied, explores the influence of the local hemodynamic changes and the effect of microsurgical technique on ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Bacakoğlu A,Ozkan MH,Coşkunol E,Ozdemir O,Ekin A

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：: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

abstract：:The morphological features of regeneration in long-distance (3 cm) muscle-vein-combined grafts were experimentally investigated in the rat sciatic nerve by means of light and electron microscopy. In the early phases of regeneration (14 days after surgery), many regenerating nerve fibers were detected along the muscle-...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Battiston B,Tos P,Geuna S,Giacobini-Robecchi MG,Guglielmone R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free flap reconstruction of the lower back and sacrum is complicated by a paucity of recipient vessels and difficulties in postoperative care. From 1983 to 1997, six patients with intractable wounds of the lower back and sacral area were treated with free flaps. The flaps used were latissimus dorsi (three), combined l...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Hung SJ,Chen HC,Wei FC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present our experience with reconstruction after resection of tumors around the knee, using free vascularized fibular grafting. The study included 23 patients. The lower femur was involved in 17 cases, the upper tibia in 6. The cases included giant cell tumor of the lower femur (2 patients), giant cell tumor of the...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Amr SM,El-Mofty AO,Amin SN,Morsy AM,El-Malt OM,Abdel-Aal HA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various methods have been described in the literature to manage vascular discrepancies. In the head and neck area, where small recipient vessels are the rule, a reliable technique is needed to safely perform the anastomosis. During the past 10 years, we have carried out research (de la Peña et al., Transactions of the...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： de la Peña-Salcedo JA,López-Monjardin H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article studies the utilization of the end-to-side neurorrhaphy concept in the prevention and treatment of painful neuromas. A total of 20 rats were divided into 2 groups (10 rats per group). In group A, the tibial nerve was divided and left lying in the subcutaneous tissue. In group B, the cut ends of the tibial...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Al-Qattan MM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethical issues posed by the hand transplant program conducted by hand and plastic surgeons at Jewish and University Hospitals, Louisville, Kentucky, are examined in this essay. Because a composite tissue allotransplantation (CTA) is an experimental procedure, it raises issues as to the protection of human subjects. Th...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Simmons PD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00