Grafting is an ancient cloning method that has been used widely for thousands of years in agricultural practices. Graft-union development is also an intricate process that involves substantial changes such as organ regeneration and genetic material exchange. However, the molecular mechanisms for graft-union development are still largely unknown. Here, a micrografting method that has been used w...

BACKGROUND To protect from erosion of the tube in glaucoma drainage device (GDD), the tube is covered by a biologic tissue which is roofed by the conjunctiva. Sclera, pericardium, dura mater and cornea are available as a patch graft. Drawbacks of some of these materials may include high cost and poor appearance. The purpose of this study is to report the long-term outcomes of partial thickness ...

Background: Endoleaks after stent-graft repair of aortic dissections are poorly understood but appear substantially different from those seen after aneurysm repair. We studied anatomical and clinical factors associated with endoleaks in patients who underwent stent-graft repair of complicated type B aortic dissections. Methods and Results: From 2000 to 2007, 37 patients underwent stent-graft re...

H i s t o r i c a l l y, patients with diabetes have expended tremendous eff o rt in pursuing a re t u rn to norm o g l y c e m i a. The relatively recent results of the Diabetes C o n t rol and Complications Trial (DCCT), demonstrating an approximate 50% re d u c-tion in eye, nerve, and kidney complications in a group of patients re c e i v i n g intensive treatment for hyperglycemia (1), have...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to analyse donor and recipient predictors of graft survival in children who received live-donor renal grafts. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study comprised 273 children who received live-donor renal transplants at our center between March 1976 and October 2010. The follow-up ranged from 6 months to 25 years. Donor variables included donor age, gender, donor/recipient body weight...

BACKGROUND Fungal keratitis is basically treated by medications. Several cases of fungal keratitis were reported around the world to have been treated successfully by corneal graft--penetrating keratoplasty (PKP). Studies have shown that PKP is a useful treatment, preserves eye globe integrity, and rehabilitates vision in patients with advanced fungal keratitis. AIM To study the use of penetr...

Aortic graft infection, one of the most common fatal complications of aortovascular surgery, is managed mainly by the removal of infected graft material and re-establishment of vascular continuity using an extra-anatomical bypass or in situ graft replacement. Despite significant progress in perioperative, surgical, and medical treatments, the mortality and morbidity for this condition remain hi...

Background and aims. Connective tissue grafts with and without periosteum is used in regenerative treatments of bone and has demonstrated successful outcomes in previous investigations. The aim of present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of connective tissue graft with and without periosteum in regeneration of intrabony defects. Materials and methods. In this single-blind randomized spli...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to check the feasibility of using small intestine without mucosa as a growing vascular conduit. METHOD Autologous proximal jejunum without mucosa after treatment with heparin bonding was used as a free inferior vena cava interpositional graft between the renal veins and bifurcation of inferior vena cava in 8 piglets. Intravenous ultrasonography was performed...

This study aims to (i) demonstrate the efficacy of a new surgical planning framework for complex cardiovascular reconstructions, (ii) develop a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) coupled multi-dimensional shape optimization method to aid patient-specific coronary artery by-pass graft (CABG) design and, (iii) compare the hemodynamic efficiency of the sequential CABG, i.e., raising a daughter par...