Sixty-two patients were investigated for chronic intravascular hemolysis from 3 months to 6iS years following aortic valve replacement; 27 patients had Starr-Edwards prostheses and 35 fascia lata grafts. The findings are suggestive of a significantly higher incidence and degree of hemolysis in patients with Starr-Edwards prostheses compared to those with fascia lata grafts. In both groups regur...

Large incisional hernias of the abdominal wall represent substantial defects of supportive tissues. The repair of these requires the mobilization of fascia or the use of a prosthetic mesh. A method for closing large midline incisional hernias using both the fascia and a mesh was described in 1979. This repair was used for six midline hernias and four large incisional hernias in the right subcos...

Variant muscles while of fundamental concern to the anatomists have primarily of academic interest to the surgeon. Muscular variations are quite common and frequently seen in the course of routine dissection of human body. The variations in the muscles may be conveniently grouped as progressive, retrogressive and atavistic [1]. The manner in which a disappeared muscle can put in an abrupt appea...

purpose: to compare the results of two different methods of frontalis suspension using fascia lata in congenital ptosis. methods: in a randomized clinical trial, double triangle sling was compared with single triangle sling using fascia lata. eight patients with unilateral and 11 patients with bilateral congenital ptosis were randomly assigned for each procedure. results: there was no statistic...

INTRODUCTION Promising treatments for tympanic membrane perforation closure have been studied. Therapies derived from tissue engineering probably eliminate the need for conventional surgery. Bacterial cellulose is presented as an alternative that is safe, biocompatible, and has low toxicity. OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect on healing of direct application of a bacterial cellulose graft o...

OBJECTIVE A systematic review to compare the effectiveness of the use of cartilage (with or without perichondrium) with temporalis fascia used in tympanoplasty. DATA SOURCE The following databases were searched for relevant studies: MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library including the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Google scholar, and the PubMed. There was no restricti...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the repair of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea through the transnasal approach, we investigated histopathologic findings of grafting with human temporalis fascia and dura mater in a rabbit model. DESIGN AND METHODS Thirty-two rabbits were assigned to three groups according to the graft material to be used: human dura mater, human temporalis fascia, and autologous muscle f...

Different authors have modelled myofascial tissue connectivity over a distance using cadaveric models, but in vivo models are scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between pelvic motion and deep fascia displacement in the medial gastrocnemius (MG). Deep fascia displacement of the MG was evaluated through automatic tracking with an ultrasound. Angular variation of the pe...