UNLABELLED Epineural stitches are a means to avoid tension in a nerve suture. We evaluate this technique, relative to interposed grafts and simple neurorraphy, in a rat model. METHOD Twenty rats were allocated to four groups. For Group 1, sectioning of the sciatic nerve was performed, a segment 4 mm long discarded, and epineural suture with distal anchoring stitches were placed resulting in s...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare the heat generated from different depths of an implant drilling site with and without a sleeve. Materials and methods: In this study, 60 cortical bone samples were used and a load of 2.0 kg was applied. rilling for implant surgery, we used a diameter of 4.3 mm and a normal sleeve. Heat was measured from 3 different depths(3,6, an...

Introduction: Loss of a breast free flap is a relatively rare occurrence but is catastrophic and likely multifactorial. This study aims to identify potential risk factors for flap loss and to assess whether different techniques have an impact on salvage. Methods: Retrospective review of all free flaps performed for breast reconstruction at a single institution from 2000-2010. Results: Overall 2...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to compare the heat generated from different depths of an implant drilling site with and without a sleeve. materials and methods: in this study, 60 cortical bone samples were used and a load of 2.0 kg was applied. rilling for implant surgery, we used a diameter of 4.3 mm and a normal sleeve. heat was measured from 3 different depths(3,6, and 9 mms). d...

A 48 years male presented with acute axonal neuropathy and palpable purpura over bilateral lower limb, RA factor, and cryoglobulins were present in the serum. Nerve biopsy revealed myelinated fibre loss, axonal degeneration and necrotizing vasculitis of epineural vessels.

purpose: to determine the efficacy of primary placement of a titanium sleeve and peg on hydroxyapatite (ha) orbital implants. methods: this retrospective non-comparative interventional case series was performed on 34 patients undergoing enucleation. a standard enucleation technique with primary ha implantation was performed, in which titanium sleeve and peg were placed primarily during the init...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of clothes on blood pressure measurement. METHODS One group pretest-posttest design was used in this study. The study consisted of 162 undergraduate students studying nursing and physiotherapy at a university in Ankara, Turkey. Blood pressure was measured over the sleeve and below a rolled-up sleeve with a mercury-filled column sphygmomanometer. All blood pre...

The effect of proximal epineural stripping on neuroma formation was studied in the peroneal nerve stumps of the rat. After transection of the peroneal nerve, the epineurium of the proximal stump was stripped back by 6 to 8mm and the nerve fascicles left uncovered in the study group. The transected nerve was left untreated in the control group. All nerves were evaluated by light microscopy 6 mon...

position of such nutrient arteries is reasonably predictable. On the nerve a series of epineural vessels is formed, whose branches pass into the perineurium and, finally, there is produced within the fasciculi a longitudinally disposed capillary plexus which is continuous throughout the length of the nerve and is not dominated by local nutrient vessels. Experimental. The intraneural plexus form...

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has been described as the first step of a two-step laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) or biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD-DS) in extremely obese patients. It has also been used as an independent bariatric procedure. Recently a banded sleeve gastrectomy using human dermis was published. Gastric sleeve dilatation is one of the un...