abstract：:In September 1998, a surgical team in Lyon, France, performed the first successful hand transplant. After this historic event, in January 1999, the University of Louisville performed the first hand transplant in the United States. These events sparked interest and debate concerning the justification of performing limb...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Kann BR,Furnas DW,Hewitt CW

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used the rat medial gastrocnemius free flap, based on a pedicle of the femoral artery and vein, in order to test the tolerance of skeletal muscle to cold ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury, and to determine whether tolerance can be enhanced by pre-ischemic perfusion with tissue/organ preservation solutions. Muscle fl...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Wagh M,Pantazi G,Romeo R,Hurley JV,Morrison WA,Knight KR

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:To evaluate the process of bony fusion between the recipient floor and the bone graft, where a muscle sleeve has been interposed, an experimental model for a vascularized island pedicle bone graft was prepared using rats. The proximal two thirds of the tibia pedicled with the popliteal artery and vein was collected to...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Arai K,Toh S,Harata S

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:Previous studies have suggested that hepatic arterial flow in heterotopic partial liver transplants is necessary to ensure graft survival and regenerative capacity. This report presents findings in a syngeneic rat strain (Lewis) that partial liver transplants can be successfully heterotopically transplanted in the lon...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Yoo CH,Wang Y,Ha J,Mao L,Kim S,Tarin T,Wolf P,Youngkin TP,Brems JJ,Gittes RF,D'Silva M,Lee S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular thrombosis remains a dreaded complication of any microvascular procedure, be it composite tissue transfer or replantation of amputated limbs or parts. Despite the tremendous advances in microvascular-related technologies and the accumulated surgical skills, failures caused by occlusion of anastomosed vessels ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Atiyeh BS,Hashim HA,Hamdan AM,Moucharafieh RS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the effects of crush injuries to the feeding arteries of a muscle flap on microcirculatory haemodynamics. Eighteen male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three experimental groups for intravital microscopy of the cremaster muscle flap. Group 1 served as control. In group 2 the c...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Krapohl BD,Mailänder P,Siemionow M,Giunta R,Zins JE

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of peripheral nerve allograft pretreatment utilizing cold storage (5 degrees C in the University of Wisconsin Cold Storage Solution) or freeze-thawing to prevent rejection was investigated. Regeneration across cold-stored (3 or 5 weeks) or freeze-thawed (FT), 3.0-cm sciatic nerve allografts were compar...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Evans PJ,MacKinnon SE,Midha R,Wade JA,Hunter DA,Nakao Y,Hare GM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a digital degloving injury of four fingers, a combined treatment of tripedicle dermal flap, free hemipulp web flap, and skin graft was used. The functional and cosmetic results of the hand were satisfactory. The patient had an excellent sensory recovery in the free hemipulp web flap and did not complain of any disa...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Karacalar A,Ozgenel Y,Ozcan M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histology of free microvascular muscle flaps in 19 patients was studied prospectively. Biopsies were taken during operation, and after 2 and 6 weeks, as well as 3, 6, and 9 months, postoperatively, fixed and stained using the van Gieson method. Fiber diameters were analyzed morphometrically and fiber types defined...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Kauhanen MS,Salmi AM,von Boguslawsky EK,Leivo IV,Asko-Seljavaara SL

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of capillary permeability with ischemic reperfusion injury is a complex interaction between vascular endothelium and circulating blood factors. Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), a 41 -amino acid peptide CNS neurotransmitter known to modulate the pituitary-adrenal axis during stress response, has been sh...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Whitney TM,Bentz ML,Johnson PC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the authors' experience with a new method of orthotopic renal transplantation in the rat. This technique combines previously described modifications with the use of the donor inferior vena cava as a conduit to perform an end-to-side venous anastomosis. Survival was 87% and 80% at 3 and 120 days, r...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Blom D,Orloff MS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience of the application of microsurgical techniques in total and subtotal thyroidectomy operations from January 1984-January 1997. Four hundred and eighty-six patients with thyroid diseases were operated upon with both traditional and microsurgical techniques. The comparison of results s...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Cavallaro G,Taranto G,Chiofalo MG,Cavallaro E

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired capillary perfusion may result in flap failure. Platelet emboli, polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), and/or vasospasm have been identified as possible causes. This study investigates the role of PMNs in causing impaired capillary perfusion in a free flap model. PMN concentrations were depleted using antineut...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Peter FW,Schuschke DA,Wang WZ,Anderson GL,Franken RJ,Pierangeli S,Barker JH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with massive, composite defects of the total lower lip, chin, and anterior mandible underwent double free-flap reconstruction. A fibular osteoseptocutaneous flap was used to reconstruct the mandible and floor of the mouth and a radial forearm fasciocutaneous composite flap, including the palmaris longus t...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Kuzon WM Jr,Jejurikar S,Wilkins EG,Swartz WM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to be able to objectively evaluate capillary perfusion of venous flaps, we created arterialised venous flaps, venous flow-through flaps, and unilateral pedicled venous island flaps in the epigastric vascular system of Wistar rats and determined their oxygen supply with two different methods. Interstitial pO2 ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Wolff KD,Uekermann B,Matthes G,Wartenberg E

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:The aim of this study was to determine whether the administration of free radical antagonists, immediately before and during the early minutes of reperfusion, improves muscle survival 24 hr after a period of ischemia. Rabbit rectus femoris muscles were isolated, made ischemic for 3 1/2 hr and treated with either desfe...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Hickey MJ,Knight KR,Lepore DA,Hurley JV,Morrison WA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The groin flap is one of the most usable flaps. It provides a large amount of skin coverage with an easily concealed donor site. However, when the flap is used to reconstruct areas of the neck, hand, or foot, a secondary procedure for defatting is usually necessary. Thinner flaps are thought to be more useful in these...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Murakami R,Fujii T,Itoh T,Tsutsui K,Tanaka K,Lio Y,Yano H

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：: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：:This paper describes-the indications for, the main points of the surgical technique, and the results of composite reconstruction using a combination of pediculated and free tissue units, which has allowed extensive and complex reconstruction following resection of malignant tumors in the head and neck region or in the...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Yoshino K,Nara S,Endo M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small bowel transplantation is emerging as an alternative treatment for end-stage intestinal failure. To date, immunological and technical problems are still hampering clinical success. Functional experimental small bowel transplantation models have traditionally been plagued with a high technical complication rate. T...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Scholten E,Werker PM,Green CJ,Kon M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred twenty patients with soft tissue defects in the hand and forearm were treated with 226 free and island flap transfers. Reconstructed sites involved the thumb in 74 cases, the fingers in 117, the hand in 30, and the forearm in 5. Seventy-nine patients received 82 free flaps, and 141 patients received 144 is...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Yajima H,Tamai S,Fukui A,Ono H,Inada Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of rapid intraoperative elongation of the rat sciatic nerve with the use of tissue expander and to assess its functional recovery. Out of 51 rats 43 had their right sciatic nerve expanded with a 5-ml intraoperative expander over 1 hr and 8 were sham-operated...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Beris AE,Naka KK,Skopelitou A,Kosta I,Vragalas V,Konitsiotis S,Bontioti E,Soucacos PN

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We employed a forearm flap that had been thinned through primary defatting for nasal covering in three cases to reduce the need for secondary revision. Partial flap loss did occur in one case due to subcutaneous vascular plexus injury, but acceptable results were obtained in the remaining two cases. Donor site concave...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Kobayashi S,Akizuki T,Yoza S,Ohmori K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate regeneration of reinnervated, free transplanted muscles. We used a rat model, consisting of eight rats per group, in which the latissimus dorsi muscle was transplanted orthotopically and then harvested and evaluated after 2 and 12 weeks. Age-matched control animals were used to o...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Becker MH,Lassner F,Dagtekin FZ,Walter GF,Berger A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A crush-avulsion anastomosis model was established on the rat femoral vein. Saline or heparin was used as a luminal topical agent and was allowed to contact the damaged endothelium for 10 min. Patency and coagulation parameters were investigated for 1 week. The heparin treated group had a patency rate of 93% at 1 hr v...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Fu K,Izquierdo R,Hubbard T,Fareed J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reperfusion injury and the no-reflow phenomenon are manifestations of a complex series of events that culminate in an acute inflammatory reaction within reperfused tissue. Antiinflammatory therapy attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of dexamethasone on blood flo...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Dolan RW,Kerr DC,Arena S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improved microsurgical techniques for kidney transplantation in the mouse are described. Left renal transplantation is performed with end-to-side anastomoses of the donor renal vein to the inferior vena cava and the donor aortic cuff to the aorta. Urinary tract reconstruction is accomplished by suturing the donor uret...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Zhang Z,Schlachta C,Duff J,Stiller C,Grant D,Zhong R

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between July 1986 and July 1994, we studied 125 total finger amputations due to crush and avulsion type injuries at the Izmir Hand and Microsurgery Hospital. Of the 125 fingers replanted, 88 were successful, for a general survival rate of 70.4%. In the period between 1986 and 1991, we performed end-to-end anastomoses ...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Ozerkan F,Ada S,Bora A,Kaplan I,Ademoglu Y

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：: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：UNLABELLED:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the fate of the digital arterial anastomoses, resting total digit blood flow, and cold-induced discomfort following digital replantation with two repaired arteries. The evaluation was done with a Doppler ultrasound of the anastomoses, temperature recording from the fi...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Povlsen B,Nylander G,Nylander E

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have treated three patients with avascular osteonecrosis using vascularized scapular bone graft. To predict blood perfusion in both the diseased femoral head and the transferred bone, all the hips were followed up using dynamic magnetic resonance (MR) scans, performed 1 and 7 months after surgery. In the present ca...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Fujisawa K,Hirata H,Inada H,Morita A,Takeda K,Hibasami H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal myelinated fibers are stained "red" by modified trichrome staining of the frozen section of the nerve. We have used this technique for rapid assessment of the anatomical integrity of the proximal nerve stump by identifying well-preserved myelinated fibers. This technique can also identify degenerating and degen...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Meyer R,Claussen GC,Oh SJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the natural course of postsurgical adhesion formation, a descriptive animal study was performed in a standardized rat adhesion model, involving the uterine horn and peritoneal side wall. Extent and type of postsurgical adhesion formation was evaluated at increasing postoperative time intervals up to 1 year...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Bakkum EA,Trimbos-Kemper TC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several technical advances over the years have allowed microsurgery to be successful. However, thrombosis, particularly at the anastomosis site, remains a complication of microvascular surgery. Various preventive measures, including drugs, have been used to improve microvascular surgical anastomotic patency rates. The...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Das SK,Miller JH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Denuding endothelial damage at anastomoses may lead to thrombotic complications and failure of microvascular reconstructions. Confluent endothelial healing at anastomoses may reduce thrombotic and other complications. The progress of endothelial coverage of anastomotic structures in the aorta and inferior vena cava (I...

journal_title：Microsurgery

authors： Sigurbjörnsson BJ,Hallberg E,Andrén-Sandberg A,Ribbe E

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00