Nerve graft from the neck restores facial movement after cancer surgery, 12-month study shows
A retrospective study of 36 patients shows that grafting the great auricular nerve from the patient's own neck can restore ...
Tag: microsurgery
Living Bone Transplants Slowly Heal Devastating Leg Infections, Long-Term Study Finds
A long-term study of 22 patients shows that vascularized fibular grafting achieved bone healing and infection control in nearly three-quarters ...
Surgeons Separate Conjoined Twins Sharing a Spinal Cord Without Advanced Equipment
A surgical team in a resource-limited setting successfully separated pygopagus conjoined twins who shared a spinal cord and dura, achieving ...
From Battlefield Repairs to Precision Medicine: Plastic Surgery’s Century of Rapid Expansion
A new editorial launching BMC Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery argues the specialty's century-long expansion from battlefield reconstruction to robot-assisted oncology ...
From Apprentice to Avatar: How Microsurgery Training Entered the Digital Age
A new narrative review traces how microsurgery training evolved from 1960s apprenticeship under pioneers like Jacobson and Buncke to today's ...
When a Nerve Is Cut, It Springs Back Twice Its Width, Rat Study Finds
A new study quantifies the instantaneous gap formed when the rat sciatic nerve is cut, finding it averages twice the ...
From Ancient Nose Reconstructions to Modern Operating Rooms: A New Series Traces the History of Plastic Surgery
A new open access editorial in BMC Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery launches a focus series on the history of plastic ...
Flesh-Eating Infection Destroyed a Man’s Thumb: Surgeons Rebuilt His Hand With Tissue From His Thigh
Surgeons in Qatar report a rare case of flesh-eating necrotizing fasciitis that destroyed a diabetic man's thumb and required staged ...
Surgeons in Kenya Prove Complex Limb-Saving Microsurgery Works in Resource-Limited Settings
A Kenyan case series of fourteen lower extremity free flap reconstructions shows that limb-saving microsurgery can achieve outcomes matching high-income ...
From Embroidery Thread to the Microscope: How Surgeons Learn to Teach the Smallest Stitches
A new narrative review traces a century of microsurgical education from Alexis Carrel's haberdashery thread to modern simulation, arguing that ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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