BACKGROUND The application of a new approach is presented, percutaneous aponeurotomy and lipofilling, which is a minimally invasive, incisionless alternative to traditional flap reconstructions. METHODS The restrictive subdermal cicatrix and/or endogenous aponeurosis is punctured, producing staggered nicks. Expansion of the restriction reconstructs the defect and creates a vascularized scaffo...

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...

AIM To investigate the detailed microscopic anatomic structures of the lower eyelid in Korean cadavers. METHODS Eight lower eyelids of 4 formalin-fixed Asian cadavers (4 males; age range, 48-69 years; mean age, 60.2 years) were examined. Three perpendicular dissected sections with a 2mm thickness were obtained from each eyelid to investigate anatomic shapes, size and relationship with surroun...

spinal cord injury (sci) results in the damage of motor and sensory pathways. the molecular and cellular structure of the injury milieu has been shown to be vital for endogenous regeneration in most tissues. regeneration of injured central nervous system (cns) is limited by damaged cell environment. biomaterial scaffolds can reconstruct injured cns tissue following sci by promoting the migratio...

By virtue of the hierarchical design of the motor system, the control of coordination is distributed to the brain, spinal cord and the architectural features of the musculoskeletal system. Force feedback forms one such coordinating network in the spinal cord. Positive force feedback is mainly autogenic and increases muscular and limb stiffness and promote propulsion during locomotion. In contra...