Combined enzymatic and antioxidative treatment reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury in rabbit skeletal muscle.

Background: Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is characterized by the production of oxygen-free radicals leading to disturbances in vasomotility (microvascular constriction) and microvascular permeability (interstitial edema formation). The objective was to evaluate the effect of the combined antioxidative and enzymatic preparation Phlogenzym on I/R injury of skeletal muscle.

Materials And Methods: A rabbit hindlimb model of I/R (2.

Ischemia/reperfusion injury of skeletal muscle: plasma taurine as a measure of tissue damage.

Background: Cell membrane rupture by oxygen-derived free radicals is a systematic feature of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. High taurine concentration gradients in skeletal muscle prompted us to evaluate whether plasma taurine levels (pTau) are a useful marker of I/R injury after different periods of ischemia.

Methods: Rabbits were randomly assigned to either 1 or 2.

The temporalis: blood supply and innervation.

Numerous reports have described the use of the temporalis muscle as a pedicled flap in reconstructive surgery. A detailed knowledge of the supplying vessels and nerves is necessary for functionally successful muscle transposition. However, controversial anatomic descriptions exist.