BACKGROUND Recently, vagus nerve preservation or reconstruction of vagus has received increasing attention. The present study aimed to investigate the feasibility of reconstructing the severed vagal trunk using an autologous sural nerve graft. METHODS Ten adult Beagle dogs were randomly assigned to two groups of five, the nerve grafting group (TG) and the vagal resection group (VG). The gastr...

Superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flap (SCIP) is one of the most convenient flaps to cover distal extremity defects because it conceals scar donor area well and can be raised as a thin or super-thin flap. In recent years, various chimeric SCIP were reported, including sartorius muscle, lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, bone. However, sometimes difficult on pedicle, absence communica...

The magnitude of tensile stress and tensile strain at an anastomosis site under physiological stress is an important factor for the success of anastomosis following suturing in peripheral nerve injury treatment. Sciatic nerves from fresh adult cadavers were used to create models of sciatic nerve injury. The denervated specimens underwent epineurial and perineurial suturing. The elastic modulus ...

Background: : Radiotherapy is an important factor which results in increase of anastomosis leakage. Diverting loop ileostomy has been usually performed after colorectal anastomosis with history of neo-adjuvant radiotherapy to decrease the chance of leakage. Considering this effect, we assessed the feasibility and outcome of human amniotic membrane in rectal anastomosis in dogs previously treate...

Nerve transfers have been well described for the treatment of congenital and traumatic injuries in the brachial plexus and extremities. This series is the first to describe nerve transfers to reanimate the diaphragm in patients confined to long-term positive pressure ventilation because of high cervical spine injury. Patients who have sustained injury to the spinal cord at the C3 to C5 level su...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Management of unrecognized recurrent laryngeal nerve injury typically entails delayed phonosurgical intervention and laryngeal reinnervation, but in cases of recognized injury, nerve anastomosis has been considered standard management. However, the well-organized outcome analysis of nerve anastomosis has been insufficient. We performed immediate direct anastomosis of recur...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to determine the various anatomical and surgical relationships between the facial and hypoglossal nerves to define the required length of each for a nerve transfer, either by means of a classical hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis or combined with any of its variants developed to reduce tongue morbidities. METHODS Five adult cadaver heads were bilaterall...

this study was conducted on 48 specimens of rectus abdominis muscles for recognition and definition of passage and ramification of lower intercostal nerves. the main results of this study are as follows: 1- the seventh and eight intercostal nerves penetrated to posterior layer of the rectus sheath while other intercostal nerves perforated to dorsal layer of internal oblique abdominis aponeurosi...