Thesis (M.S.)--Auburn University, 2007. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1985.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T20:50:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-03-25 / O retalho cutâneo é um procedimento cirúrgico freqüente na cirurgia plástica, essencialmente nas perdas de substâncias, sendo fundamental na reconstrução funcional e estética de deformidades traumáticas, congênitas ou de origem neoplásica. A insuficiência arterial do retalho é a principal complicação que, se duradoura, pode levar à necrose. O laser de baixa intensidade tem merecido destaque por promover aumento da microcirculação, aceleração do processo cicatricial de feridas e neoformação vascular. Objetivo: Investigar a Potência do laser de baixa intensidade na viabilidade do retalho cutâneo randômico, em ratos. Métodos: Trinta e seis animais foram distribuídos aleatoriamente em grupo controle; grupo tratado com potência de 30mW e grupo tratado com potência de 60mW. Em ambos os grupos tratados foram utilizados a fluência de 3J/cm2. O retalho cutâneo foi realizado nos animais com uma barreira plástica interposta entre o retalho e o leito doador. A irradiação laser foi aplicada imediatamente após a operação e nos dias 1, 2, 3 e 4 após a operação. As porcentagens das áreas de necroses dos retalhos foram calculadas no 7º dia pós-operatório. Adicionalmente, 4 fragmentos de cada retalho foram coletados para calcular a densidade vascular segundo método bidimensional. Resultados: Os animais tratados mostraram a área de necrose estatisticamente menor do que o grupo controle (53 por cento). A necrose nos grupos tratados foi 24 por cento (grupo 30mW) e 25 por cento (grupo 60mW). Quanto à densidade vascular, os animais tratados demonstraram aumento estatisticamente significante em relação ao grupo controle (37 por cento), O grupo 30mW apresentou 57 por cento de densidade vascular e o grupo 60mW apresentou 59 por cento. Conclusão: O laser de baixa intensidade foi eficaz no aumento da viabilidade do retalho cutâneo randômico, não havendo diferenças entre as potências utilizadas / Background and Objectives: Potency values in low level laser therapy (LLLT) are not well defined. This present study was designed to assess the effects of LLLT with output power of 30 and 60mW, in the viability of a random skin flap in rats. Methods: Thirty six wistar rats were randomically divided in three groups: control (CG), was not irradiated; 30 mW potency (30mW) and 60 mW potency (60mW). In both treated groups a fluency of 3J/cm2 was used. Two minutes after elevation of a random pattern, cranially based, dorsal flap (4 x 10 cm), laser irradiation was applied and repeated on the first, second, third and fourth postoperative days. Percentages of flap necrosis were calculated on the seventh postoperative day. Also, four fragments of each flap were collected in order to allow determination of the percentages of vascular density, according to bidimensional method the blood vessels morphometric analysis. Statistical analysis included Wilcoxon’s test and Kruskal Wallis’ variance analysis. A significance level of 5 % was elected (p ≤ 0.005). Results: Laser treated animals presented significantly less necrosis than control rats (CG = 53 % x 30G = 24 %; p <0.05) (CG x 60G = 25 %; p < 0.05). No difference was found between laser treated animals. Also, laser treated animals presented significantly more vascular density than control rats (CG = 37 % x 30G = 57 %; p <0.05) (CG x 60G = 59 %; p < 0.05). No difference was found between laser treated animals. Conclusion: Low level laser with potency of 30 and 60mW, increased the viability of a random skin flap in rats. / TEDE / BV UNIFESP: Teses e dissertações

Orientadores: Marcio Zaffalon Casati, Enilson Antonio Sallum / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-13T01:53:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sousa_SandroBittencourt_D.pdf: 2159382 bytes, checksum: 09bf1710cbecdf32fad83aaf3fca3fa3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo clínico contralado foi avaliar a utilização do microscópio operatório no tratamento de recessões gengivais com a técnica de enxerto conjuntivo supepitelial (ECS). Foram selecionados 24 pacientes com recessões gengivais bilaterais = 2,0 mm, classe I ou II de Miller, localizadas em caninos ou pré-molares superiores ¿Observação: O resumo, na íntegra poderá ser visualizado no texto completo da tese digital. / Abstract: The purpose of this controlled clinical trial was to evaluate the use of a surgical microscope in the treatment of gingival recessions witch the subepithelial connective tissue graft (SCG) technique. Twenty-four patients witch bilateral Miller's Class I or II buccal gingival recessions of > 2.0 mm in canines or premolars were selected ...Note: The complete abstract is available with the full electronic digital thesis or dissertations. / Doutorado / Periodontia / Doutor em Clínica Odontológica

INTRODUÇÃO: A propriedade de induzir angiogênese torna o omento um promissor pedículo para pré-fabricar retalhos. OBJETIVO: Estabelecer a área abdominal a ser pré-fabricada por um pedículo omental e analisar o potencial de pré-fabricação (PPF) conforme o tempo de espera entre a introdução do pedículo e a elevação do retalho. MÉTODOS: Foram utilizados 44 coelhos divididos em quatro grupos (A, B, C e D). No grupo A, um fragmento de pele, tecido subcutâneo e músculo cutâneo abdominal foi totalmente separado e ressuturado. Nos demais grupos, um pedículo omental, contendo os vasos gastromentais ligados distalmente, com área equivalente a 9 cm² foi transposto e suturado ao músculo cutâneo abdominal. Um segundo procedimento de incisão e elevação de um retalho contendo pele, subcutâneo e músculo cutâneo abdominal pediculado apenas pelo omento transposto, foi realizado, variando apenas o período de espera entre os dois procedimentos de 7, 21 e 56 dias para os grupos B, C e D respectivamente. Após 15 dias do último procedimento, os retalhos foram visualizados e as áreas viáveis foram calculadas através do programa de computador Image Tool®. Cortes de áreas viáveis foram imunocoradas pelo anti-CD31 para cálculo da densidade microvascular (DMV). RESULTADOS: Os valores médio e máximo das áreas viáveis no grupo D foram respectivamente 45,29 cm² e 99,37 cm² (PPF mediano = 5,03 e PPF máximo = 11,04). Não houve diferença significativa entre as áreas viáveis do grupo D e C. As médias da DMV dos grupos B, C e D foram respectivamente 24,54 vasos/mm², 33,20 vasos/mm² e 27,03 vasos/mm² e maiores do que as médias da DMV das áreas controles de 14,63 vasos/mm², 17,33 vasos/mm² e 18,12 vasos/mm². No grupo A, houve necrose total em todos os retalhos. CONCLUSÃO: O PPF mediano do pedículo omental foi de 5,03 vezes sua área e o tempo de espera para o segundo procedimento foi de, no mínimo, 21dias / INTRODUCTION: The angiogenic induction property of the omentum makes it a promising pedicle to prefabricate flaps. OBJECTIVE: To establish the abdominal area to be prefabricated by the omental pedicle and to analyze the prefabricate potential according to the time delay between the pedicle introduction and the flap release. METHODS: 44 rabbits were divided into four groups (A, B, C and D). In group A, a piece of skin, subcutaneous tissue and abdominal cutaneous muscle has been fully released and sutured again in its place. In other groups, a 9 cm2 omental pedicle containing the gastromental vessels distally tied has been transposed and sutured to abdominal cutaneous muscle. A second procedure, an incision and release of the flap that contained skin, subcutaneous and cutaneous abdominal muscle pediculated only by the omentum, has been carried out. The only variation was the time delay between the two procedures: 7, 21and 56 days for groups B, C and D, respectively. The flaps have been inspected 15 days after the last procedure, and the viable areas have been estimated using the software Image Tool®. The pieces of viable area have been immunostained using anti-CD31 allowing the estimation of the microvascular density. RESULTS: The mean and maximum viable areas in group D were 45.29 cm2 and 99.37 cm2 respectively (average prefabricate potential = 5.03 and maximum prefabricate potential = 11.04). There was no significant difference between the viable areas in groups C and D. The mean microvascular densities of groups B, C and D were 24.54 vessels/mm2, 33.20 vessels/mm2 and 27.03 vessels/mm2 respectively. This was higher than the mean microvascular densities of the control areas, which were 14.63 vessels/mm2, 17.33 vessels/mm2 and 18.12 vessels/mm2. In group A, there were total necrosis in all flaps. CONCLUSION: The prefabricate potential of the omentum was found to be 5.03 times its area and the delay time for the second procedure was, at least, 21 days

Orientador: Bruno Livani / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T22:20:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mongon_MauricioLealDias_D.pdf: 3191083 bytes, checksum: 7d82ec3811a7941ce0efb53f33c4ecea (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Introdução: A amputação, especialmente dos membros inferiores, é um procedimento cirúrgico antigo que permite excelentes resultados quando realizada nas indicações apropriadas. Na década de 1940 , Ertl desenvolveu uma técnica reprodutível para amputação transtibial com o princípio de osteomioplastia , que restaurou a pressão intra-óssea por meio da obliteração do canal medular e ampliou a área de apoio terminal , formando uma ponte óssea entre a fíbula e a tíbia distais (sinostose). Objetivos: O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar a eficácia de uma modificação da técnica original Ertl, em que um retalho pediculado osteoperiosteal é usado para formar a ponte óssea na amputação transtibial em adultos . Resultados: Todos os nove pacientes apresentaram cotos indolores e capazes de apoio terminal total em 24 semanas pós-operatório. Conclusão: A construção de um retalho pediculado tibial osteoperiosteal cortical para alcançar uma ponte óssea durante a amputação transtibial é um procedimento seguro e eficaz que proporciona um coto estavel e indolor que permite apoio terminal. Trata-se de uma opção útil para pacientes jovens , atletas e pacientes com grande demanda física / Abstract: Background: Amputation, especially of the lower limbs, is an ancient surgical procedure that gives excellent results when conducted under the appropriate conditions. In the 1940s, Ertl developed a reproducible technique for transtibial osteomyoplastic amputation, which restored the intraosseous pressure through canal obliteration and expanded the area of terminal support by forming a bony bridge between the fibula and distal tibia. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a modification of the original Ertl technique, whereby a cortical tibial osteoperiosteal flap technique is used to achieve a bony bridge during transtibial amputation in adults. Results: All of the patients had stumps that were painless and able to bear the total terminal weight at 24th week post-surgery. Conclusion: The construction of a cortical tibial osteoperiosteal flap to achieve a bony bridge during transtibial amputation is a safe and effective procedure that provides a strong and painless stump that is terminal weight-bearing. This constitutes a useful option for young patients, athletes, and patients with high physical demands / Doutorado / Fisiopatologia Cirúrgica / Doutor em Ciências

Surgical skin flaps are frequently used in plastic and reconstructive surgery to repair acquired or congenital defects. Necrosis is a common complication associated with these flaps postoperatively as a result of inadequate blood supply. Stem cells are precursor cells with the potential to differentiate into more specialized cells. Angiogenic factors act to direct cellular differentiation and organization to form new vascular elements. Our theory was that the combination of angiogenic growth factors with stem cells derived from the subject preoperatively would augment neovascularization, thereby increasing blood supply to the flap, which may ultimately improve flap survival. In phase I, 40 Lewis rats were randomized into 4 groups of 10. Random dorsal skin flaps were elevated and treated at the same time. The first group was injected with only medium, the second with stem cells, the third with stem cells and angiogenic factors, and the fourth with angiogenic growth factors. Millimetric measurements of flap viability at 7 and 14 days did not show any statistically significant differences between the studied groups. In phase II, 24 rats were also randomized into 4 groups of 6, but this time were treated 1 week before flap elevation. The viability measurements showed an increased rate of viability in the group in which stem cells and the angiogenic factors were administered simultaneously (84.5% ± 3.2%) as compared with the unmodified control group (62.6% ± 7.3%) or to the groups in which only precursor cells (60.4% ± 7.9%) or angiogenic factors (62.3% ± 10.1%). Increased blood supply brought by these manipulations is believed translated to increased tissue flap survival. Punch biopsies showed that "green fluorescent protein"-labeled precursor cells was noted to form luminal structures in the treated flaps. The vascular cast of all flaps was filled with Mercox plastic resin. After euthanasia, the soft tissues of the harvested flaps were dissolved and the remaining vascular cast was weighted. The weight-based ratio of the vascular composition was determined. The flaps injected with both stem cells and angiogenic factors showed higher values. We conclude that the administration of bone marrow stem cells with angiogenic factors 1 week before flap creation improves the survival of ischemic random skin flaps.

Foi realizado um estudo clínico prospectivo analisando os resultados obtidos no tratamento de 23 pacientes portadores de lesões do revestimento cutâneo de dimensões iguais ou menores a 20 cm de comprimento por 10 cm de largura com a utilização do retalho microcirúrgico lateral do braço ampliado distalmente ao epicôndilo lateral do cotovelo. Todos os pacientes foram tratados pelo Grupo de Mão e Microcirurgia do Instituto de Ortopedia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, no período de dois anos, 2003 à 2005. Na presente casuística, tivemos 69.5% de pacientes do sexo masculino, 73.9% de origem traumática e a região receptora foi o membro inferior em 65.2% dos casos. A idade variou de 6 anos até 62 anos, com média de 32 anos. O seguimento mínimo foi de 5 meses. Houve sucesso na realização de 100% dos retalhos. As dimensões dos retalhos realizados neste trabalho variaram em comprimento, de 9 cm até 20 cm, com média de 14 cm e em largura, de 3 cm até 8 cm, com média de 5.5 cm. A maior distância entre o epicôndilo lateral e a extremidade distal do retalho utilizada neste estudo foi de 8 cm, variando de 2 cm até 8 cm, com média de 4.9 cm. O retalho microcirúrgico lateral do braço ampliado distalmente ao epicôndilo lateral do cotovelo mostrou-se seguro para a cobertura cutânea de lesões de dimensões iguais ou menores a 20 cm de comprimento por 10 cm de largura, com o prolongamento do retalho até 8 cm distal ao epicôndilo lateral / This prospective clinical study investigates the results of treatment of 23 patients with cutaneous lesions of no more then 20 cm of length by 10 cm of width, by means of a microsurgical lateral arm flap, distally extended by the elbow lateral epicondilyle. All patients came from the Hand and Microsurgery Group of the \"Instituto de Ortopedia da Faculdade de Medicina\" of the \"Universidade de São Paulo\", in a two years period from 2003 till 2005. Our population comprises the following basic statistics: 69.5% males, 73.9% of traumatic origin, the receiving region was the lower members in 73.9% of the cases. Age ranged form 6 to 64 years old, average 32 years. The minimum follow up was of 5 (five) months. The procedure was successful in 100% of the cases. The flap length dimension ranged from 9 cm up to 20 cm, with average 14 cm. The flap width dimension ranged from 3 cm up to 8 cm, with average 5.5 cm. The greater distance from the lateral epicondyle up to the end of the skin flap in this study was of 8 cm, ranging from 2 cm up to 8 cm, with 4.9 cm average. The microsurgical lateral arm flap, distally to lateral epicondyle showed itself to be safe for cutaneous covering of lesions of 20 cm or less length and 10 cm of less width, with the distal extension of the skin flap up to 8 cm from the lateral epicondyle

Foi realizado um estudo clínico prospectivo analisando os resultados obtidos no tratamento de 23 pacientes portadores de lesões do revestimento cutâneo de dimensões iguais ou menores a 20 cm de comprimento por 10 cm de largura com a utilização do retalho microcirúrgico lateral do braço ampliado distalmente ao epicôndilo lateral do cotovelo. Todos os pacientes foram tratados pelo Grupo de Mão e Microcirurgia do Instituto de Ortopedia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, no período de dois anos, 2003 à 2005. Na presente casuística, tivemos 69.5% de pacientes do sexo masculino, 73.9% de origem traumática e a região receptora foi o membro inferior em 65.2% dos casos. A idade variou de 6 anos até 62 anos, com média de 32 anos. O seguimento mínimo foi de 5 meses. Houve sucesso na realização de 100% dos retalhos. As dimensões dos retalhos realizados neste trabalho variaram em comprimento, de 9 cm até 20 cm, com média de 14 cm e em largura, de 3 cm até 8 cm, com média de 5.5 cm. A maior distância entre o epicôndilo lateral e a extremidade distal do retalho utilizada neste estudo foi de 8 cm, variando de 2 cm até 8 cm, com média de 4.9 cm. O retalho microcirúrgico lateral do braço ampliado distalmente ao epicôndilo lateral do cotovelo mostrou-se seguro para a cobertura cutânea de lesões de dimensões iguais ou menores a 20 cm de comprimento por 10 cm de largura, com o prolongamento do retalho até 8 cm distal ao epicôndilo lateral / This prospective clinical study investigates the results of treatment of 23 patients with cutaneous lesions of no more then 20 cm of length by 10 cm of width, by means of a microsurgical lateral arm flap, distally extended by the elbow lateral epicondilyle. All patients came from the Hand and Microsurgery Group of the \"Instituto de Ortopedia da Faculdade de Medicina\" of the \"Universidade de São Paulo\", in a two years period from 2003 till 2005. Our population comprises the following basic statistics: 69.5% males, 73.9% of traumatic origin, the receiving region was the lower members in 73.9% of the cases. Age ranged form 6 to 64 years old, average 32 years. The minimum follow up was of 5 (five) months. The procedure was successful in 100% of the cases. The flap length dimension ranged from 9 cm up to 20 cm, with average 14 cm. The flap width dimension ranged from 3 cm up to 8 cm, with average 5.5 cm. The greater distance from the lateral epicondyle up to the end of the skin flap in this study was of 8 cm, ranging from 2 cm up to 8 cm, with 4.9 cm average. The microsurgical lateral arm flap, distally to lateral epicondyle showed itself to be safe for cutaneous covering of lesions of 20 cm or less length and 10 cm of less width, with the distal extension of the skin flap up to 8 cm from the lateral epicondyle

The present thesis involves the study of introducing passive exit flexibility in a two dimensional starting jet. This is relevant to various biological flows like propulsion of aquatic creatures (jellyfish, squid etc.) and flow in the human heart. In the present study we introduce exit flexibility in two ways. The first method was by hinging rigid plates at the channel exit and the second was by attaching deformable flaps at the exit. In the hinged flaps cases, the experimental arrangement closely approximates the limiting case of a free-to-rotate rigid flap with negligible structural stiffness, damping and flap inertia; these limiting structural properties permitting the largest flap openings. In the deformable flaps cases, the flap’s stiffness (or its flexural rigidity EI) becomes an important parameter. In both cases, the initial condition was such that the flaps were parallel to the channel walls. With this, a piston was pushed in a controlled manner to form the starting jet. Using this arrangement, we start the flow and visualize the flap kinematics and make flow field measurements. A number of parameters were varied which include the piston speed, the flap length and the flap stiffness (in case of the deformable flaps). In the hinged rigid flaps cases, the typical motion of the flaps involves a rapid opening with flow initiation and a subsequent more gradual return to its initial position, which occurs while the piston is still moving. The initial opening of the flaps can be attributed to an excess pressure that develops in the channel when the flow starts, due to the acceleration that has to be imparted to the fluid slug between the flaps. In the case with flaps, additional pairs of vortices are formed because of the motion of the flaps and a complete redistribution of vorticity is observed. The length of the flaps is found to significantly affect flap kinematics when plotted using the conventional time scale L/d. However, with a newly defined time-scale based on the flap length (L/Lf ), we find a good collapse of all the measured flap motions irrespective of flap length and piston velocity for an impulsively started piston motion. The maximum opening angle in all these impulsive velocity program cases, irrespective of the flap length, is found to be close to 15 degrees. Even though the flap kinematics collapses well with L/Lf , there are differences in the distribution of the ejected vorticity even for the same L/Lf . In the deformable flap cases, the initial excess pressure in the flap region causes the flaps to bulge outwards. The size of the bulge grows in size, as well as moves outwards as the flow develops and the flaps open out to reach their maximum opening. Thereafter, the flaps start returning to their initial straight position and remain there as long as the piston is in motion. Once the piston stops, the flaps collapse inwards and the two flap tips touch each other. It was found that the flap’s flexural rigidity played an important role in the kinematics. We define a new time scale (t ) based on the flexural rigidity of the flaps (EI) and the flap length (Lf ). Using this new time scale, we find that the time taken to reach the maximum bulge (t* 0.03) and the time taken to reach the maximum opening (t* 0.1) were approximately similar across various flap stiffness and flap length cases. The motion of the flaps results in the formation of additional pairs of vortices. Interestingly, the total final circulation remains almost the same as that of a rigid exit case, for all the flap stiffness and flap lengths studied. However, the final fluid impulse (after all the fluid had come out of the flap region) was always higher in the flap cases as compared to the rigid exit case because of vorticity redistribution. The rate at which the impulse increases was also higher in most flap cases. The final impulse values were as large as 1.8 times the rigid exit case. Since the time rate of change of impulse is linked with force, the measurements suggest that introduction of flexible flaps at the exit could result in better propulsion performances for a system using starting jets. The work carried out in this thesis has shown that by attaching flexible flaps at the exit of an unsteady starting jet, dramatic changes can be made to the flow field. The coupled kinematics of the flaps with the flow dynamics led to desirable changes in the flow. Although the flaps introduced in this work are idealized and may not represent the kind of flexibility we encounter in biological systems, it gives us a better understanding of the importance of exit flexibility in these kinds of flows.