Donor site pain associated with skin graft procedures is frequently intense and difficult to treat. Liposomal bupivacaine, a prolonged-release local anesthetic indicated for single-dose administration to produce postsurgical analgesia, may be a viable option in managing donor site pain.

STUDY DESIGN A prospective cohort. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to prospectively observe donor site pain, health-related quality-of-life outcomes, and complications following harvest of tricortical anterior iliac crest bone graft (AICBG) for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Persistent donor site pain from the anterior iliac crest has been rep...

An evolutionary computation technique, genetic programming, was used to create programs that classify DNA sequences into one of three classes: (1) contains a centrally-located donor splice site, (2) contains a centrally-located acceptor splice site, and (3) contains neither donor nor an acceptor. The performance of the programs created are competitive with previous work.

BACKGROUND Pressure garment therapy (PGT) is well accepted and commonly used by clinicians in the treatment of burns scars and grafts. The medium to high pressures (24-40 mmHg) in these garments can support scar minimisation, and evidence is well documented for this particular application. However, PGT specifically for burn donor sites, of which a sequela is also scarring, is not well documente...

Lateral labial melanocytic nevus or mole has cosmetic value among young or middle aged Iranian ladies particularly those with fair complexion. I describe auto transplantation of a melanocytic nevus from a remote area of the body to lateral labial skin. After selection of a 3-mm nevus, both donor and recipient sites were anesthetized. A punch with a diameter comparable to the diameter of t...

In order to perform an Osteochondral Autologous Transplantation (OAT) or an Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI), the integrity of healthy intact articular cartilage at a second location needs to be violated. This creates the possibility for donor site morbidity. Only recently have any publications addressed this issue. The aim of this manuscript is to review the current knowledge on donor...

OBJECTIVE A new epidermal harvesting tool (CelluTome; Kinetic Concepts, Inc, San Antonio, Texas) created epidermal micrografts with minimal donor site damage, increased expansion ratios, and did not require the use of an operating room. The tool, which applies both heat and suction concurrently to normal skin, was used to produce epidermal micrografts that were assessed for uniform viability, d...

Soft tissue replacement grafts have become a substantial element to increase tissue volume in plastic periodontal and implant surgery. Autogenous subepithelial connective tissue grafts are increasingly applied in aesthetic indications like soft tissue thickening, recession treatment, ridge preservation, soft tissue ridge augmentation and papilla re-construction. For the clinical performance of ...

BACKGROUND The European Eye Bank Association (EEBA) is a technical-scientific organization for eye banks. Founded in 1989 with the simple objective of sharing information on eye banking, the Association is today the leading pan-national association in Europe dedicated to the advancement of eye banking and an authoritative reference point for eye banks which work according to quality standards. ...

By means of a convenient method for separating phenylalanyl puromycin from diphenylalanyl puromycin, it was found that, upon reaction with puromycin, phenylalanyl transfer RNA bound to ribosomes at5 to 6 mu Mg++ yields phenylalanyl puromycin exclusively while phenylalanyltRNA bound at 13 mu Mg++ yields diphenylalanyl puromycin as well as phenylalanyl puromycin. Tetracycline inhibited mostly the...