{"title":"A microscope for use in dentistry.","authors":"H Apotheker, G J Jako","doi":"10.1002/micr.1920030104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.1920030104","url":null,"abstract":"A microscope designed to be used in dentistry, and its associated equipment and instrumentation are discussed.","PeriodicalId":79226,"journal":{"name":"Journal of microsurgery","volume":"3 1","pages":"7-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/micr.1920030104","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18351676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Demonstration of autonomic nerves in transplanted arteries in rabbits.","authors":"H Wada","doi":"10.1002/micr.1920030107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.1920030107","url":null,"abstract":"Histochemical and cytochemical studies were performed on the autonomic innervation of normal and transplanted femoral arteries in rabbits. These arteries appear to have both adrenergic and cholinergic innervation. Adrenergic reinnervation was apparent in the transplanted arteries shortly after the grafting procedure, however, the innervation decreased or disappeared with time.","PeriodicalId":79226,"journal":{"name":"Journal of microsurgery","volume":"3 1","pages":"20-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/micr.1920030107","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17189557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use of small diameter synthetic grafts in carotid bypasses in rats.","authors":"P H Young, M G Yasargil","doi":"10.1002/micr.1920030103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.1920030103","url":null,"abstract":"Vascular prostheses of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene were tested as microvascular synthetic substitutes in a carotid bypass model in rats. Poor patency rates (28%) were obtained with this material when compared with the rates obtained in homologous arterial grafts (100%). It is concluded that expanded polytetrafluoroethylene is unacceptable for use as a 1 mm vascular conduit.","PeriodicalId":79226,"journal":{"name":"Journal of microsurgery","volume":"3 1","pages":"3-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/micr.1920030103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18354284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H Gong-Kang, H Ru-Qi, L Zong-Zhao, S Yao-Liang, L Tie-De, P Gong-Ping
{"title":"Microlymphaticovenous anastomosis for treating lymphedema of the extremities and external genitalia.","authors":"H Gong-Kang, H Ru-Qi, L Zong-Zhao, S Yao-Liang, L Tie-De, P Gong-Ping","doi":"10.1002/micr.1920030109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.1920030109","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thirteen patients with secondary obstructive lymphedema of the upper and lower extremities were treated by microlymphaticovenous anastomosis. The immediate and long-term results have been very satisfactory. An average reduction in the circumference of the affected limb of 6.2 cm was obtained, and subjective symptoms and objective signs were improved. No correlation was established between the quality of the results and the duration of the lymphedema or the number of anastomoses employed in treating it. On the basis of microlymphaticovenous surgery for lymphedema of the extremities, the authors also developed a microlymphaticovenous procedure to treat lymphedema of the external genitalia and applied it clinically in two patients. Good results were obtained in both instances. The operative techniques and four case histories are described, and the advantages of microlymphaticovenous anastomosis, the selection of patients, and the facts required for success of the surgery are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79226,"journal":{"name":"Journal of microsurgery","volume":"3 1","pages":"32-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/micr.1920030109","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18354285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A method for quantitative analysis of lumen changes in microvascular anastomoses.","authors":"A F Cook, J A Grossman, E S Herpy, M I Dinner","doi":"10.1002/micr.1920030112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.1920030112","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79226,"journal":{"name":"Journal of microsurgery","volume":"3 1","pages":"54-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/micr.1920030112","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18351674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microsurgery in andrologic urology. I. Refertilization.","authors":"L V Wagenknecht, H Klosterhalfen, C Schirren","doi":"10.1002/micr.1920010507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.1920010507","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Of 30,000 men examined for impaired fertility from 1964 to the present, 900 were diagnosed as having excretory azoospermia. Of this number, 465 underwent surgery. Epididymovasostomy was performed on 316 men. For 11 years, this surgery was done with surgical loupes, and a patency rate of 48% was achieved in those men undergoing bilateral epididymovasostomy. (Only 52% of our patients showed inflammatory obstruction.) In a small series of patients undergoing the procedure under the operating microscope, a patency rate of 75% was achieved. Vasovasostomy was performed in 20 patients with loupes and splints. Patency was obtained in 11 of the 17 that were followed. Ten of 12 patients receiving anastomosis by a technique placing nonabsorbable sutures through the entire wall of the vas became fertile. Nine of 10 patients who were operated on by a double-layer technique under the operating microscope were found to have patent ducts at follow-up. The advances in microsurgical techniques, equipment, and suture materials have considerably improved the changes for refertilization.</p>","PeriodicalId":79226,"journal":{"name":"Journal of microsurgery","volume":"1 5","pages":"370-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/micr.1920010507","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18051734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A technical modification of heart-lung transplantation in rats.","authors":"U Fox, M Montorsi","doi":"10.1002/micr.1920010508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.1920010508","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hemodynamic studies were carried out on a series of rats undergoing heart-lung transplantation according to the technique of Sun Lee. The results suggested a new hypothesis of blood circulation in the heart-lung block by demonstrating the lack of necessity for the venovenous anastomosis. A new technique, with just one aortoaortic anastomosis, was therefore evaluated. Its value and reliability in a series of 30 rats are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79226,"journal":{"name":"Journal of microsurgery","volume":"1 5","pages":"377-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/micr.1920010508","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17830431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The operating microscope. I. Optical principles, illumination systems, and support systems.","authors":"P Hoerenz","doi":"10.1002/micr.1920010506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.1920010506","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The optical principles of the Zeiss OPMI 1, 6-S, and 7 P/H operating microscopes are discussed, along with standard and fiberoptic illumination systems and the range of currently available support systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":79226,"journal":{"name":"Journal of microsurgery","volume":"1 5","pages":"364-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/micr.1920010506","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18450313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revascularization of isolated extracorporeal canine eyes by direct microsurgical anastomosis.","authors":"H Sher, R J Cohen","doi":"10.1002/micr.1920010512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.1920010512","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microsurgical techniques were used to anastomose the femoral artery and vein of anesthetized rats to the ciliary artery and internal ophthalmic vein of isolated extracorporeal canine eyes. Microscopic inspection and fluorescein angiography appeared to show early patency of the anastomoses. The application of such an experimental model are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79226,"journal":{"name":"Journal of microsurgery","volume":"1 5","pages":"399-402"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/micr.1920010512","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18450317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heart and spleen twin grafts in rats.","authors":"J M Blanchard, J W Tauber","doi":"10.1002/micr.1920010509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.1920010509","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The technical details of a new procedure for the simultaneous transplantation of the spleen and the heart in rats are described. One hundred sixty-four such twin grafts from LEW to ACI rats and vice versa were performed. Seventeen animals were followed postoperatively without additional immunologic manipulations. There is a definite change in rejection pattern in terms of timing as well as intensity when heart and spleen twin grafts are compared with single cardiac grafts. A delay and mild form of rejection of twin grafts were observed especially in the strain combination of LEW to ACI. No graft-versus-host reaction occurred. There was no perfect correlation of the cardiac and splenic allografts in regard to their survival time. When the cardiac allograft arrested, however, the spleen was found to be rejected as well in all cases. In three cases a selective survival of the heart over the spleen was observed. Thus, the cardiac allograft can be used as a simple but not completely reliable indicator of the functional state of both grafts.</p>","PeriodicalId":79226,"journal":{"name":"Journal of microsurgery","volume":"1 5","pages":"381-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/micr.1920010509","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18051639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}