OBJECTIVE To investigate the feasibility of using free gracilis muscle transfer along with the brachialis muscle branch of the musculocutaneous nerve to restore finger and thumb flexion in lower trunk brachial plexus injury according to an anatomical study and a case report. METHODS Thirty formalin-fixed upper extremities from 15 adult cadavers were used in this study. The distance from the p...

One of the significant reserves for further increasing yield berry crops is to protect them from pests and diseases. Among latter, viral ones are especially dangerous. Therefore, methods virus diagnostics electron microscopy great importance, which makes it possible see particles, determine their shape, size, localization in tissues, identify anomalies affected plant cells. Objective. To conduc...

Introduction Traumatic brachial plexus (BP) avulsion injuries are functionally devastating. Various procedures have been developed to improve outcome including contralateral C7 root transfer. It is disputed whether or not the use of the entire healthy C7 nerve root or its anterior or posterior divisions lead to permanent functional deficits of the uninjured limb, including its contributions to ...

Peripheral nerve injury is a serious health concern for society, affecting 2.8% of trauma patients, many of whom acquire life-long disability.52 For example, approximately 360,000 people in the United States experience upper extremity paralytic syndromes yearly, resulting in 8,648,000 and 4,916,000 restricted activity days and bed/disability days, respectively.23 Because peripheral neurons spon...

SummarySensory reinnervation of autologous breast tissue after free flap reconstruction is highly variable. There no long term follow up data exploring spontaneous and how this affects patients’ quality life nor the nerve-related symptoms they experience. To address we invited patients at a minimum 3 years since non-neurotised, free-flap to complete patient-reported outcome measures sensation, ...

s from the 12th meeting of the International Society for Neural Transplantation and Restoration NeuroReport 2014, 25:139–163 Note from the Publisher The following abstracts section presents abstracts from all presenters at the 12th meeting of the International Society for Neural Transplantation and Restoration. They were meant to be included in last year’s December issue of NeuroReport, but unf...