Sural nerve harvest for infants: integrated with information based on anatomical dissections.

Background/aim: The aim of the present study was to determine the course and possible variations of the sural nerve with all anatomical details in human fetal cadavers.

Materials And Methods: This study was performed on 60 fetal cadavers. Formation type and level of the sural nerve was detected.

Morphological structure and variations of fetal lateral meniscus: the significance in convenient diagnosis and treatment.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate of morphometry of the lateral meniscus (LM) and determine incidence of the LM shapes.

Methods: This study was performed on fetal cadaver collection of Anatomy Department of Necmettin Erbakan University. Fifty human fetal cadavers (25 female, 25 male human fetal cadavers) were used in this study.

Computed tomography based analysis of the lamina papyracea variations and morphology of the orbit concerning endoscopic surgical approaches.

Introduction: Radiologic evaluation is mandatory to assess the type of endoscopic approach concerning sinonasal pathology and reconstruction of fractured defects before any treatment modalities are instituted related to medial wall of the orbit.

Objective: The goal was to provide improved understanding of the lamina papyracea variations and the relationship with the orbital morphometry.

Methods: This retrospective study was performed using computed tomography scans of 200 orbits and results were compared with respect to age, sex, laterality and LP variations.

Computed tomography evaluation of the morphometry and variations of the infraorbital canal relating to endoscopic surgery.

Introduction: The course of the infraorbital canal may leave the infraorbital nerve susceptible to injury during reconstructive and endoscopic surgery, particularly when surgically manipulating the roof of the maxillary sinus.

Objective: We investigated both the morphometry and variations of the infraorbital canal with the aim to show the relationship between them relative to endoscopic approaches.

Methods: This retrospective study was performed on paranasal multidetector computed tomography images of 200 patients.

Transfer of the Fifth Finger to Replace an Amputated Thumb: A Preliminary Study.

Amputation of the thumb causes not only loss of significant functional use of the hand but also psychological and social problems. The procedures of toe-to-thumb transfer, pollicization, or metacarpal extension are recognized and well-documented options in thumb reconstruction. Although these techniques have been successfully applied, they have some disadvantages.

Distal superficial temporal artery to proximal posterior cerebral artery bypass by posterior oblique transzygomatic subtemporal approach.

This article investigates the possibility for the distal superficial temporal artery (STA) to proximal posterior cerebral artery (PCA) direct bypass by subtemporal oblique posterior transzygomatic approach. Five adult cadaveric specimens were dissected. Cadeveric dissection protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee.

Modified medial Stoppa approach for acetabular fractures: an anatomic study.

Background: The modified medial Stoppa approach is an alternative and new surgical approach to access to the internal pelvis and medial wall of the acetabulum. There is little information about the clinical anatomic specifications of exposure in the literature. In this study, the pertinent surgical anatomy that involved the modified medial Stoppa approach was further defined and the anatomic positions and variations of the structures seen in the surgical site were analyzed.

Reconstruction of large nasal septal perforations with a three layer galeal pericranial flap: an anatomical and technical study.

Objectives: In this study, a modified surgical method was carried out to repair large nasal septal perforations with a galeal pericranial flap using endoscopic technique.

Materials And Methods: Six adult human cadavers were dissected by applying the classic open rhinoplasty technique. Large perforations were created in the septal cartilages.

Effects of long-term 50 Hz magnetic field exposure on the micro nucleated polychromatic erythrocyte and blood lymphocyte frequency and argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions in lymphocytes of mice.

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the effects of weak extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMFs) on the nucleus size, the silver staining nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs), the frequency of micro nucleated peripheral blood lymphocytes (MPBLs) and the micro nucleated polychromatic erythrocytes (MPCEs).

Methods: One hundred and twenty Swiss albino mice were equally divided into 6 groups. The study groups were exposed to 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 microT 50 Hz-EMFs for 40 days.

Anatomic and radiologic analysis of the atlantal part of the vertebral artery.

The horizontal third segment (V3h) of the vertebral artery (VA) in 7 cadavers (14 sides) was dissected and the anatomical measurements recorded. Measurements from 24 healthy individuals (48 sides) were taken for comparison using multislice CT scanning. The distance between the medial tip of the VA V3h and the line passing through the mid point of the posterior tuberculum of the atlas was marked as length A.

The course and variations of the branches of the musculocutaneous nerve in human fetuses.

The course and branches of the musculocutaneous nerve (MCN) were dissected in 140 human fetal arms. The MCN entered the superior, middle, and inferior part of coracobrachialis in 43%, 37%, and 17% of arms, respectively, and the remaining 3% did not pierce coracobrachialis. The motor branches to biceps were classified as follows: Type 1 (83.

Proximal STA to proximal PCA bypass using a radial artery graft by posterior oblique transzygomatic subtemporal approach.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the use of a radial artery graft (RAG) for bypass of the proximal superficial temporal artery (STA) to proximal posterior cerebral artery (PCA) by posterior oblique transzygomatic subtemporal approach as an alternative to the external carotid artery (ECA) to PCA anastomosis. We conducted an anatomical and technical study at a university hospital. Five adult cadaveric specimens were dissected.

The lumbar roots and pedicles: a morphometric analysis and anatomical features.

The objective of this study was to conduct a morphometric analysis of the lumbar nerve roots and surrounding structures. In this investigation, the lumbar roots were studied in 14 cadavers (70 lumbar vertebrae). Lumbar pedicle heights and widths were measured at every level of the lumbar vertebrae.

Determination of the effects of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields on the percentages of peripheral blood leukocytes and histology of lymphoid organs of the mouse.

Objective: To determine the effects of very weak, extremely low frequency (50 Hz) electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) on the relative spleen weight, lymphoid organ histology, peripheral blood leukocyte and alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase positive (ANAE- positive) lymphocyte percentages of the mouse.

Methods: The study was carried out in Scientific Research and Application Center of Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey in 2005. A total of 120 Swiss albino mice were divided into 6 groups (20 in each group).

Developmental variations and clinical importance of the fetal thyroid gland. A morphometric study.

Objective: To investigate the morphologic structures and developmental anomalies of the thyroid gland in human fetuses.

Methods: This study performed in the Department of Anatomy, Meram Faculty of Medicine between February and April in 2002. Fetuses were obtained from the Gynecology Department of the Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, and Dr.

Transzygomatic-Subtemporal Approach for Middle Meningeal-to-P2 Segment of the Posterior Cerebral Artery Bypass: An Anatomical and Technical Study.

We evaluated the use of a bypass between the middle meningeal artery (MMA) and P2 segment of the posterior cerebral artery (PCA) as an alternative to an external carotid artery (ECA-to-PCA) anastomosis. Five adult cadaveric heads (10 sides) were used. After a temporal craniotomy and zygomatic arch osteotomy were performed, the dura of the floor of the middle cranial fossa was separated and elevated.

A modified technique for bypass of the external carotid artery to the proximal posterior cerebral artery: an anatomical and technical study.

Conclusions: Our results support the proposition that bypass between the external carotid artery (ECA) and proximal posterior cerebral artery (PCA) can be achieved by using a short saphenous venous graft. The diameters of the ECA and vein graft may provide an increased blood flow with a straighter course. This technique may be helpful for management of patients with vertebrobasilar insufficiency or those requiring a high volume blood flow to the posterior circulation.

Superficial temporal artery graft for bypass of the maxillary to proximal middle cerebral artery using a transantral approach: an anatomical and technical study.

Conclusion: Using a transantral approach, we examined a new bypass of the maxillary artery (MA) to proximal middle cerebral artery (MCA). The caliber of the MA was suitable to provide sufficient blood flow. The length of the graft was shorter and it had a straighter course in the new technique than in previously described techniques.

A modified technique to bypass the maxillary artery to supraclinoid internal carotid artery by using radial artery graft: an anatomical study.

Objective: This study aims to examine the use of a radial artery graft for bypass of the maxillary artery (MA) to the supraclinoid internal carotid artery (ICA) in treating ICA occlusions.

Study Design And Setting: This method was carried out on five adult cadaver sides. The MA was reached 1-2 cm inferior to the crista infratemporalis, following a frontotemporal craniotomy and a zygomatic arch osteotomy.

An investigation of the origin, location and variations of the renal arteries in human fetuses and their clinical relevance.

We investigated the origin, localizations and anatomic variations of the renal artery (RA) in human fetuses with the aim of determining the distribution of these variations according to lateralization and gender. In total, 90 fetuses of spontaneous abortion (45 males, 45 females) with no congenital malformations were included to the study. The abdominal aorta and its branches were dissected after latex solution colored with red ink had been injected into the vessels from the thoracic aorta.

A rare variation of the coeliac trunk.

The hepatic, splenic and Left gastric arteries are considered as the "main classic branches" of the coeliac trunk. During the routine dissections in the laboratory of the Anatomy Department in a 62-year-old male cadaver, a rare variation, a coeliacomesenteric trunk was observed. This trunk gave rise to the left gastric, the common hepatic, the splenic, the left gastro-epiploic, the right and left inferior phrenic arteries.

Possibility of middle meningeal artery-to-petrous internal carotid artery bypass: an anatomic study.

The possibility of creating a middle meningeal artery (MMA)-to-petrous internal carotid artery (ICA) bypass was investigated in six cadavers (bilaterally). Such a procedure could be used to treat patients with high cervical vascular lesions and those with tumors of the infratemporal fossa invading the high cervical ICA. After a frontotemporal craniotomy, the foramen spinosum and foramen ovale were exposed extradurally.

Correlation between developmental stages of the human heart and gestational ages.

Objectives: In this study we aimed to investigate the normal developmental pattern of the human fetal heart in second and third trimester, and to evaluate the correlation of the values with the gestational age (GA).

Methods: Seventy spontaneously aborted human fetuses with no external malformations were investigated and 11 parameters from each were assessed. The relationship of these parameters with the GA was evaluated by linear regression and correlation analyses using statistical methods.

Saphenous vein graft for bypass of the external carotid artery to supraclinoid internal carotid artery using a modified technique: an anatomical and technical study.

Objective: To investigate the use of a saphenous vein graft for bypass of the external carotid artery (ECA) to supraclinoid internal carotid artery (ICA) when the proximal middle cerebral artery (MCA) is not suitable for a bypass procedure.

Material And Methods: Five adult cadaver sides were used. Dissection required a frontotemporal craniotomy and a zygomatic arch osteotomy, with a hole being opened 2-3 mm lateral to the foramen rotundum extradurally.