In recent year s , l aparoscop ic rad ica l prostatectomy (LRP) has been established as a safe and effective treatment for localized prostate cancer. With better visualization of the anatomy, LRP has the potential to provide a gold standardization for prostate cancer. However, outcomes include urinary incontinence, bleeding and sexual dysfunction, which can have significant adverse effects on q...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Endoscopic endonasal approach is the procedure of choice for the resection of ventral skull base neoplasms, with defect closure requiring multilayer reconstruction. This study evaluates the temporal MR imaging evolution of nasoseptal flaps and free grafts used in endoscopic skull base reconstruction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-nine follow-up brain MRIs of 22 patients w...

Katakori is a symptom name that is unique to Japan, and refers to myofascial pain syndrome-like clinical signs in the shoulder girdle. Various methods of pain relief for katakori have been reported, but in the present study, we examined the clinical effects of multi-acupuncture point injections (MAPI) in the acupuncture points with which we empirically achieved an effect, as well as the anatomi...

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 ...

In this paper we propose a constitutive model to analyze in-plane extension of goat fascia lata. We first perform a histological analysis of the fascia that shows a well-organized bi-layered arrangement of undulated collagen fascicles oriented along two well defined directions. To develop a model consistent with the tissue structure we identify the absolute and relative thickness of each layer ...

PURPOSE Conjunctival erosion in glaucoma drainage device surgery can be prevented by the use of patch grafts to cover the extraocular portion of the tube. Several materials can be used, among them human preserved fascia lata. METHODS The authors present a case of a failed Ahmed glaucoma valve due to encapsulation of the bleb, in which the fascia lata patch placed to cover the tube was removed...

[Purpose] This study investigated whether hip adductor activity was influenced by electrical stimulation of the tensor fascia lata muscle. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 16 nondisabled males. Each subject was asked to adduct the hip joint with maximum effort. The electromyogram of the adductor longus was recorded under two experimental conditions, with and without electrical stimulati...

Successful management of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis depends on adequate gap arthroplasty and interpositional graft; the objective is to produce a functioning pseudoarthrosis that prevents reankylosis and provides adequate mobility. Several interpositional grafts have been used for the treatment of temporomandibular joint ankylosis such as indigenous pterygomasseteric sling, tempora...

PURPOSE To use fascia lata instead of pericardium and observe the presence of adhesions. METHODS Twenty rabbits were divided into two group of ten. In group A, a 1×1 cm segment of pericardium was excised and resutured. In group B excised pericardium was substituted for autologous fascia lata. RESULTS In the comparison of microscopic adhesion rate between two groups A, B after eight weeks, t...

Ji Hoon Kim, MD Jae Don Seo, MD Jae Don Plastic Clinic Seoul, Republic of Korea Sir: I recent years, minimally invasive procedures for facial rejuvenation have become more popular. In 2012, the official statistics of the American Society of Plastic Surgery showed that the cosmetic surgical procedures decreased 12% when compared with 2000, but in the same time period, minimally invasive cosmetic...