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：:Findings reported in the literature on the sensation provided by intraorally applied innervated vs. non-innervated radial forearm free flaps differ. In an effort to understand these differences in sensory recovery, the authors carried out sensory evaluations in 12 patients who had undergone radial forearm free flaps. ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Netscher D,Armenta AH,Meade RA,Alford EL

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of 100 consecutive patients undergoing free fibula harvest at the Mayo Clinic is presented. Every patient was analyzed by reviewing postoperative physical examination data. All patients were evaluated and followed in the early postoperative course by the physical medicine and rehabilitation se...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Babovic S,Johnson CH,Finical SJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：:Schwann cells play a central role in peripheral-nerve regeneration, in which it has been shown that the addition of exogenous Schwann cells enhances the temporal and spatial sequence of events observed in regeneration. In this study, the authors investigated the fate of exogenous cells in this process by using fluores...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Bryan DJ,Wang KK,Summerhayes C

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients with intractable diseases in the upper extremity were treated using free vascularized fibula grafts. There were 13 men and seven women. Three patients had traumatic bone defects, five had post-traumatic nonunions, two had congenital pseudoarthroses, seven had defects after tumor resection, and three ha...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Yajima H,Tamai S,Ono H,Kizaki K,Yamauchi T

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the authors describe and illustrate a rare anatomic variation of the ulnar artery, a superficial ulnar artery. The possible embryologic events responsible for this variation are discussed. In addition, they describe the surgical considerations that should be kept in mind when this abnormality is encounte...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Yuksel M,Yuksel E,Weinfeld AB,Shenaq SM

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last seven years, 17 patients underwent microsurgical reconstruction of 14 hepatic and four superior mesenteric arterial systems following extended pancreatectomy or hepatectomy, and in living-related liver transplantations (LRLT). All microvascular anastomoses in this series were performed using a back wal...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Yamamoto Y,Sugihara T,Sasaki S,Furukawa H,Furukawa H,Okushiba S,Nohira K

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve transection using rat sciatic nerves was employed to observe morphologic changes in the periodic denervation of Pacinian corpuscles. During periods of from 1 to 20 weeks after surgery, a total of 15 corpuscles were obtained under the operating microscope and processed for morphologic analysis using light and ele...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Koshima I,Moriguchi T

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients with paralysis of muscle groups in the upper or lower extremity were clinically diagnosed after previous proximal direct trauma to the corresponding peripheral nerves, without complete nerve disruption. Patients were seen within an average of 8 months after trauma (minimum 3 months and maximum 2 years ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Nassif T,Steiger E

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial wounds are frequently associated with bone fractures and multiple trauma; however, disruption of the parotid gland or Stensen's duct is rare and is often associated with facial nerve palsy. Lesions are often undiagnosed on first assessment of the multiple trauma patient. If microsurgical repair of Stensen's duc...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Heymans O,Nélissen X,Médot M,Fissette J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model of chronic entrapment neuropathy in the rabbit sciatic nerve was developed to try to elucidate the pathogenesis of chronic nerve entrapment. A non-compressive Silastic cuff was wrapped around the nerve at the mid-thigh level in eight rabbits. A sham operation that only elevated the sciatic nerve was performed ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Aziz W,Firrell JC,Ogden L,Breidenbach WC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the application of the flow-through concept to a distally-pedicled radial forearm flap for simultaneous thumb revascularization and soft-tissue coverage. A distally-pedicled radial forearm flap was used to cover a skin defect at the base of thumb and thenar area. The flap artery (reversed radial art...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Karacalar A,Idil O,Ozcan M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the efficacy of gene therapy on wound healing. The authors investigated whether delivery of the gene encoding a particular cytokine, known to be important in angiogenesis, could affect ischemic skin flaps. Anterior abdominal skin flaps, based solely on the epigastric artery and vein, were created i...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Taub PJ,Marmur JD,Zhang WX,Senderoff D,Urken ML,Silver L,Weinberg H

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of free-tissue transfers for the reconstruction of radiation-induced complex injuries. The case files for patients who underwent reconstruction for radiation-induced injuries between May 1988 and November 1995 at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center were...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Gürlek A,Miller MJ,Amin AA,Evans GR,Reece GP,Baldwin BJ,Schusterman MA,Kroll SS,Robb GL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A free-flap model in rats is presented, that consists of gracilis and semitendinosus muscles pedicled on the femoral vessels, in continuation with deep femoral and saphenous vessels. This flap was transferred to the contralateral side in 40 rats and yielded a 95 percent survival rate. The weight of the flaps averaged ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Ionac M,Geishauser M

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eicosanoids, leukotriene B4 (LTB4) and thromboxane A2 (TXA2), contribute to neutrophil adhesion and arteriole vasoconstriction, important microcirculatory events in ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of ketorolac on I-R injury of skeletal muscle. A videomicrosco...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Yao KA,Roth AC,Stephenson LL,Suchy H,Zamboni WA

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of 11 patients with complex and massive lower-limb defects requiring multiple transfers and/or regional muscle flaps for closure, found that microvascular transfers achieved final wound closure, either alone or in concert with local flaps, in all but one case. A local flap alone was not sufficie...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Isenberg JS

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental study in rats was designed to determine the effects of z-plasty on the patency of microvascular anastomosis. Eighty Sprague-Dawley rats of mixed sex were divided into two groups. In all animals, the left carotid arteries were used. In the first group (n = 40), a single z-plasty was done at the anterior...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Yildirim AM,Güzel MZ,Yücel A,Aygit AC

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injury to the dorsal sensory nerve of the penis following penile prosthesis insertion is extremely rare. The authors report on a patient with insensitivity involving the right penile shaft and glans secondary to entrapment and fibrosis of the dorsal cutaneous nerve of the penis, following penile prosthesis insertion. ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Nahabedian MY,Smolev JK

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:The authors recently reported an experimental study on diode laser-assisted microvascular anastomosis (LAMA) in the femoral arteries and veins of rats. Good success rates and very promising histologic results obtained in this preliminary phase suggested an extension of the investigation with a larger number of rats an...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Gelli R,Pini R,Toncelli F,Chiarugi C,Reali UM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Instead of conventional multiple-paddle or folded free flaps, the authors introduce three types of free combined tissue transfers for cosmetic and functional restoration of massively large facial defects. Three cases reported here were repaired with combined flaps consisting of two or more tissues, such as combined fr...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Koshima I,Hosoda M,Moriguchi T,Ishii R,Orita Y,Yamamoto H

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four methods of nerve terminolateral neurorrhaphy (TLN) were studied in rat experimental model. In Group A, the distal end of a severed peroneal nerve was sutured end-to-side with an intact tibial nerve trunk, without removal of the tibial epineurium at the suture site. In Group B, the distal end of a severed peroneal...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Zhao JZ,Chen ZW,Chen TY

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although autogenous veins have been used as nerve conduits (AVNCs) both experimentally and clinically for short nerve gaps up to 3 cm, investigators have not as yet determined the maximal effective length for functional nerve regeneration. In addition, the role of the distal nerve stump on subsequent nerve growth rema...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Strauch B,Ferder M,Lovelle-Allen S,Moore K,Kim DJ,Llena J

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the effectiveness of cooling in extending tolerable ischemia time is well-established experimentally, most free-flap surgeons are still concerned about this problem and try to limit the ischemic period to less than 1 hr. Clinically, contact-surface cooling has been used empirically to prolong the limits of is...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Shaw WW,Ko CY,Ahn CY,Markowitz BL

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In both vascular and microvascular surgery, there is a need for a non-thrombogenic, small-caliber, arterial substitute. Clinically, most vessel substitutes with diameters under 4 mm have low patency rates. An arterial conduit made from a biocompatible human acellular dermis may be useful as a small vessel conduit. The...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Inoue Y,Anthony JP,Lleon P,Young DM

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous free flap was electively performed for reconstructing the cutaneous cover in a patient during the early puerperium (12 hr after delivery). This flap was chosen because of the natural expansion achieved by pregnancy, and because it would cover the entire area to be reconst...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Iglesias M,Butrón P,Granados R

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsurgical treatment of ring avulsion injuries is often difficult, due to widespread intimal damage of the digital vascular bundles. Thirty-one patients with such injuries in varying degrees were treated during the period 1986 to 1992: of these, 15 underwent microsurgical revascularization. In addition to the tradi...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Adani R,Castagnetti C,Busa R,Caroli A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study quantified arterial anastomotic tension, evaluated subsequent patency rates, and examined the degree of tension reduction with vessel mobilization. The study was divided into two components. In part I, a mechanical analysis was undertaken to evaluate tension, based on the determination of the force required...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Zhang F,Lineaweaver WC,Buntic R,Walker R

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of interposition vein grafts has been associated in the literature with a high complication and flap failure rate. Ninety-three vein grafts in 55 patients over a 46-month period were analyzed to evaluate the clinical reliability of vein grafts in a predominantly trauma patient population (37/55). Fifty-two art...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Germann G,Steinau HU

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvascular techniques are important in making routine anastomoses quicker and difficult anastomoses easier. The authors have developed three types of sleeve anastomoses for different size vessels: a three-stitch sleeve anastomosis, four-stitch sleeve anastomosis, and sidecut sleeve anastomosis. Arteriography, in vi...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Zhang L,Moskovitz M,Baron DA,Siebert JW

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous investigators have attempted to enhance the survival of ischemic experimental skin flaps using various pharmacologic manipulations. Recently, the authors' laboratory demonstrated the beneficial effect of iloprost, a stable PGI2 analogue, as a post-ischemic perfusion washout, in improving the survival of ische...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Forman DL,Shah DK,Zhang WX,Senderoff DM,Israeli D,Urken ML,Weinberg H

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective evaluation of the functional results after reconstructive treatment with levator scapulae transfer and scapulo-spinal fasciodesis by fascia lata slings for complete chronic trapezius palsy is presented. Five patients (ages 6 to 40 years) were operated on between 1988 and 1991 because of incapacitating ...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Coessens BC,Wood MB

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the authors reevaluated the temporal course and properties of neurotrophic activities present in the fluid accumulating in the silicone-chamber model for nerve regeneration. The fluid collected from silicone chambers was tested in four different dissociated neuronal cell cultures. Furthermore, th...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Danielsen N,Varon S

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：:This study compares the acute intraoperative arterial elongation technique with the interposition vein-graft method for the closure of small arterial gaps that cannot be repaired by undermining alone. Ten conditioned female mongrel dogs were divided into two groups: a vein graft interposition group and an acute expans...

journal_title：Journal of reconstructive microsurgery

authors： Ruiz-Razura A,Sozer SO,Layton EG,Hill LH,Cohen BE

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00