Intraoperative Intradermal Application of Stromal Vascular Fraction into the Abdominal Suture Line: Histological Analysis of Abdominal Scar Tissue.

Background: Stem cell therapy is a promising new approach to wound healing. Stromal vascular fraction is a heterogeneous collection of cells, including adipose-derived stem cells, which are traditionally isolated using a manual collagenase-based technique. To our knowledge, this is the first human study that histologically assesses the potential of intraoperative intradermal injection of stromal vascular fraction on skin regeneration.

Validation of preoperative nerve conduction studies by intraoperative studies in patients with ulnar neuropathy at the elbow.

Objective: To validate the findings of preoperative motor short-segment nerve conduction studies (SSNCSs) by intraoperative SSNCSs in patients with cubital tunnel syndrome.

Methods: We prospectively recruited patients with ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE) localized distal to the medial epicondyle (ME). Preoperatively, motor SSNCSs and ultrasonography (US) were performed.

Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Respond to Increased Osmolarities.

Cell therapies present a feasible option for the treatment of degenerated cartilaginous and intervertebral disc (IVD) tissues. Microenvironments of these tissues are specific and often differ from the microenvironment of cells that, could be potentially used for therapy, e.g.

Fat necrosis in free DIEAP flaps: incidence, risk, and predictor factors.

Fat necrosis within a deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap reconstructed breast is considered a minor complication from reconstructive point of view, but one that can induce anxiety, inconvenience and concerns about cancer recurrence to the oncologist and the patient. A series of 100 consecutive unilateral deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap breast reconstructions were reviewed to identify the institutional incidence as well as potential risk and predictor factors of fat necrosis. Examination revealed 37 reconstructed breasts with palpable firmnesses (described as clinical fat necrosis) and ultrasonography and mammography confirmed signs of fat necrosis in 30 reconstructed breasts.