Certain neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) of adult mammals extend axons for several cm along peripheral nerve grafts inserted into the brain or spinal cord. It is not clear, however, if these nerve cells constitute a special population or are examples of a general capacity of the injured mammalian CNS to regrow processes under these experimental conditions. Furthermore, because the ne...

A forty-one-year-old man presented with right-sided progressive facial nerve paralysis of one year duration. Computed tomography of the temporal bone showed a soft tissue mass in relation with the tympanic segment of the facial nerve with destructive changes in the facial recess region. Magnetic resonance images before and after gadolinium injection revealed a contrast-enhancing mass lesion in ...

Over a 5-year-period, 26 infants underwent a partial transfer of the spinal accessory nerve into the suprascapular nerve using a nerve graft, as part of the repair of a brachial plexus birth injury. At a minimum follow-up of 2.5 years, all children had shoulder function of Grade 4 or better using a modified Gilbert Scale. Average lateral rotation was measured at 53 degrees.

BACKGROUND Segmental mandibulectomy with bilateral inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) resection results in complete sensory loss in the lower lip and chin. The purpose of this study was for us to report on a bilateral IAN reconstruction with a vascularized nerve graft after chemoradiotherapy during cancer ablation. METHODS The mandible was reconstructed with a fibular osteocutaneous flap that incl...

Femorofemoral bypass is indicated in symptomatic lower-extremity ischemia due to acute or chronic occlusion of a unilateral Iliac Artery, adjunct an endovascular Aortoiliac(AI) exclusion Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), unavailability options for management iliac occlusive disease,etc.It’s contraindicated compromised inflow AI arterial segment, significant obesity that may cause unfavorable gra...

Galway, Ireland Adipose Derived Stem Cell Transplantation Does Not Improve Recovery of Motor Function after Sciatic Nerve Transaction in Rats D. Angius, A.M. Knight, R.J. Spinner, M.J. Yaszemski, A. J. Windebank. [email protected] 1 Department of Neurosurgery; 2 Department of Neurobiology; 3 Department of Orthopaedics; Mayo Clinic, Rochester USA Introduction In the peripheral nerve sys...