Effect of dorsal nerve fascial island flap on repairing distal soft tissue defects at the proximal segment of the index, middle, ring, and little fingers.

Background: To investigate the effect of the dorsal nerve fascial island (DNFI) flap on repairing finger soft tissue defects at the distal segments.

Methods: Fifty patients with distal soft tissue defects at the index, middle, ring, or little fingers were treated with a DNFI flap at the proximal phalanx between February 2008 and May 2018. The nutrient vascular chain around the dorsal branch of the proper palmar digital nerves served as the flap axis.

Mechanisms of microRNA‑142 in mitochondrial autophagy and hippocampal damage in a rat model of epilepsy.

Researchers have confirmed the microRNA (miRNA/miR)‑epilepsy association in rodent models of human epilepsy via a comprehensive database. However, the mechanisms of miR‑142 in epilepsy have not been extensively studied. In the present study, a rat model of epilepsy was first established by an injection of lithium chloride‑pilocarpine and the successful establishment of the model was verified via electroencephalogram monitoring.