The main purpose of the study was to describe the surgical success rate and visual results of penetrating keratoplasty in children. This retrospective study included children that underwent corneal transplantation at the Department of Ophthalmology, General Hospital "Sveti Duh", in the period 1994-1999. Patients' age ranged from 6 to 16 years. Twenty-five corneal transplants were performed in 2...

Surgical treatment of urethral strictures is a continually evolving process, and currently there is renewed controversy over the best means of urethral reconstruction. Buccal mucosa graft (BMG) has gained much interest because of its excellent short and long-term results, low post-operative complication rate, and relative ease of use [1,2]. A number of series reported success rate of 87-90% usi...

Renal orthotopic transplantation in mice is a technically challenging procedure. Although the first kidney transplants in mice were performed by Russell et al over 30 years ago (1) and refined by Zhang et al years later (2), few people in the world have mastered this procedure. In our laboratory we have successfully performed 1200 orthotopic kidney transplantations with > 90% survival rate. The...

e would like to thank Dr. Zheng-cai Lou for valuable and recise comments on our article.1 Firstly, the main outomes of type 1 pediatric tympanoplasty are the graft uccess rates and postoperative hearing outcomes. Our esults indicate that the graft success rate was 92.1% f the cartilage group compared with 65.0% of the temoral fascia group, respectively. In the fascia group, reoperative ABG was ...

STUDY DESIGN  Systematic review. Study rationale and context:  Bone graft from the iliac crest has been the gold standard in posterolateral spinal fusion procedures, but is associated with chronic pain at the harvest site. Bone graft harvested locally from the spine and combined with extenders may decrease the morbidity associated with iliac graft harvest, but questions remain on the success of...

The propagation of Persian walnut (Juglans regia) using grafting or budding is often difficult due to envi­ronmental factors. Temperature fluctuation and plant water status affect root pressure (xylem sap exudation “bleeding”) during grafting. An experiment was conducted find the optimum irrigation regime for patch (in July) tongue March) on Juglans regia rootstock un­der three environmental co...

Background: To compare the outcomes of two Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) techniques Left Subclavian Artery (LSA) reconstruction for Stanford Type B Dissection (TBAD) patients with undesirable proximal anchoring zone. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 57 TBAD who underwent either three dimensional (3D)-printing-assisted extracorporeal fenestration (n = 32) or conventional 25) fr...

The present investigation was carried out in the fruit nursery, Department of Fruit Science, College Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh w.e.f., June, 2019−July, 2020. In two factors viz., time wedge grafting (mid-June, mid-July, mid-August, mid-September, mid-February mid-March) use polycap (Graft union covered with or without polycap) were studied to standardize ideal ...

PURPOSE Artificial grafts have been investigated for use in the repair of oral mucosal defects. The aim of this retrospective study was to present the outcomes of the use of acellular dermal matrix (ADM) grafts to repair oral mucosal defects. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data from 36 patients with oral mucosal defects reconstructed with ADM grafts from 2003 through 2009 were reviewed. All patients w...

PURPOSE Immunologic rejection constitutes a major barrier to the success of allogeneic corneal transplants, but the specific mediators and mechanisms of graft rejection are poorly understood. Several studies have implicated cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses, typically associated with CD8(+) T cells, in promoting corneal graft rejection. This study sought to test the hypothesis that CTLs ar...