The paper is a clinical retrospective analysis of free conjunctival autograft in treatment of pterygia. In period from 1998 until 2006, 47 patients with pterygia were operated using free conjunctival autograft. There were 19 female and 38 male, average age 61 years. In the majority of patients (39/47) it was a primary pterygia. Eight patients were on topical antiglaucoma therapy. Free autograft...

Abstract word count: 199) 25 26 Background: Insufficient vas length for performing a tension-free vasovasostomy is a 27 problem occasionally encountered by microsurgeons. Herein we evaluated utilization of a 28 non-vascularized vas deferens autograft in a rat model. 29 Methods: Segments of isolated vas deferens, 2.5 cm in length, were used as bilateral 30 autografts in 15 rats. Each autograft w...

BACKGROUND Numerous preclinical and clinical studies have reported on the use of platelet concentrates to promote tissue healing. The results in spinal fusion applications are limited and controversial. PURPOSE The purpose of the current prospective clinical cohort study is to assess the effect of Autologous Growth Factors (AGF) on lumbar interbody fusion with specific attention paid to deter...

BACKGROUND When to allow an athlete to return to unrestricted sporting activity after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction remains controversial. PURPOSE To report the results of functional performance testing reported in the literature for individuals at differing time points following ACL reconstruction and to examine differences between graft types. STUDY DESIGN Systematic rev...

BACKGROUND Clinical outcomes of autograft and allograft anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions are mixed, with some reports of excellent to good outcomes and other reports of early graft failure or significant donor site morbidity. OBJECTIVE To determine if there is a difference in functional outcomes, failure rates, and stability between autograft and allograft ACL reconstructions....

OBJECTIVES The optimal prosthesis option for aortic valve replacement in adult patients<60 years of age with severe aortic stenosis (AS) remains controversial. The objective was to determine the long-term outcomes of the Ross procedure in this population. METHODS Between 1990 and 2013, 276 patients aged 18 years and above (mean 40.3±10.6) underwent an elective Ross procedure. Among them, 221 ...

Background: Chronic otitis media (COM) is defined as a perforation of the tympanic membrane with persistent drainage pus from middle ear lasting at least two weeks. Tympanoplasty surgical procedure in ENT practice which aims removal diseased pathology along reconstruction sound conducting mechanism by reconstructing ossicular chain various materials. Methods:All cases CSOM deformity were includ...

INTRODUCTION: Solid osseous posterolateral fusion is an integral component of surgical management of degenerative lumbar spine diseases. Iliac crest bone autograft (ICBG) is considered the gold standard for bone graft and fusion procedures. Pseudarthrosis can lead to persistent pain, fusion failure, and revision surgery. Autograft pseudarthrosis rates of 55% have been reported. Donor site morbi...

BACKGROUND Radial graft is one of the optimal treatments for reconstruction after tongue cancer, but it is not free of side effects. Hypertrichosis over the graft, causing an intraoral paratrichosis, might downgrade the quality of life and even require further interventions. CLINICAL CASE The case is presented of a 58 year-old man, who developed hypertrichosis after surgery for tongue carcino...