The objective of this study was to ascertain how the orientation of regenerating :fibers of the proximal stump of severed peripheral nerves is determined at time of growth. In other words, a gap was intentionally created between the both stumps of severed peripheral nerves to determine whether regenerating fibers are guided in the direction of the distal stump or if they grow randomly. The foll...

The results of 25 cases underwent a pedicled pericardial flap coverage for the bronchial stump after lobectomy or pneumonectomy were compared with those of 25 patients who received no coverage for the bronchial stump. Operative and perioperative complications were recorded, and patients were followed up for a mean of 30 ± 15 days. The analysis revealed that the routine coverage of the bronchial...

A case report of recurrent appendicitis, 40 years after appendectomy is presented. In the present case, we failed to diagnose stump appendicitis preoperatively due to the existence of the lipohyperplasia of the ileocecal valve which showed features of ileocolic intussusception causing right lower abdominal pain and nausea. Inflammation of the appendiceal stump after appendectomy is a rare compl...

Neonatal forelimb removal in rats results in the development of inappropriate hindlimb inputs in the forelimb-stump representation of primary somatosensory cortex (S-I) that are revealed when GABA(A) and GABA(B) receptor activity are blocked. Experiments carried out to date have not made clear what information is being suppressed at the level of individual neurons. In this study, three potentia...

Stump appendicitis is an acute inflammation of remnant appendix, a rare complication of incomplete appendectomy. It may present as acute abdomen with history of appendectomy, which may cause delay in diagnosis. Therefore, incomplete appendectomy should be considered as a differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in patients with medical history of appendectomy. The present case is one of stump ap...

The aim of this study is to compare the thin section computed tomography (CT) characteristics of the early local tumor recurrence with those of the stump deformity or granulation tissue after the resection of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).Twenty-nine consecutive patients with local recurrence after definitive SCC operation from April 2006 to September 2012 were included in our study. Pre- and p...

Morphological changes in the amputation stump may have serious implications regarding the suspension and fit of the prosthetic socket. In an earlier study (Lilja and Oberg, 1997) the authors have shown that the volume of the trans-tibial amputation stump decreases according to a negative power function after amputation, and that the stump volume does not stabilise until four months after the op...

In most anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears, the tear is at the femoral side leaving a robust stump attached to the tibia. Stump-preserving ACL reconstruction carries the advantage of rapid reinnervation and revascularization of the graft. In this technique, the femoral tunnel is created after exposing the femoral footprint. The ACL tibial stump is split and the tip of the ACL tibial guide i...

INTRODUCTION Acute appendicitis is the most common abdominal pathology requiring emergent surgical procedure. For treatment, laparoscopic surgery is commonly performed. For appendix stump closure different procedures are used. AIM Evaluation of the results of patients in whom the stump of the appendix was closed with a hand-made loop during laparoscopic appendectomy (LA). MATERIAL AND METHO...