Use of nerve conduits for peripheral nerve injury repair:A Web of Science-based literature analysis

OBJECTIVE： To identify global research trends in the use of nerve conduits for peripheral nerve injury repair. DATA RETRIEVAL： Numerous basic and clinical studies on nerve conduits for peripheral nerve injury repair were performed between 2002-2011. We performed a bibliometric analysis of the institutions, authors, and hot topics in the field, from the Web of Science, using the key words peripheral nerve and conduit or tube. SELECTION CRITERIA： Inclusion criteria： peer-reviewed published articles on nerve conduits for peripheral nerve injury repair, indexed in the Web of Science; original research articles, reviews, meeting abstracts, proceedings papers, book chapters, editorial material, and news items. Exclusion criteria： articles requiring manual searching or telephone access; documents not published in the public domain; and several corrected papers. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES： （a） Annual publication output; （b） publication type; （c） publication by research field; （d） publication by journal; （e） publication by funding agency; （f） publication by author; （g） publication by country and institution; （h） publications by institution in China; （i） most-cited papers. RESULTS： A total of 793 publications on the use of nerve conduits for peripheral nerve injury repair were retrieved from the Web of Science between 2002-2011. The number of publications gradually increased over the 10-year study period. Articles constituted the main type of publication. The most prolific journals were Biomaterials, Microsurge and Joumal of Biomedical Materials Research PartA. The National Natural Science Foundation of China supported 27 papers, more than any other funding agency. Of the 793 publications, almost half came from American and Chinese authors and institutions. CONCLUSION： Nerve conduits have been studied extensively for peripheral nerve regeneration; however, many problems remain in this field, which are difficult for researchers to reach a consensus.

连续锁边外翻缝合在肝移植肝动脉吻合中的应用(附视频)

肝移植已被广泛应用于治疗各种不可逆性急慢性肝病。经过几十年的持续稳步发展,肝移植技术逐渐成熟和稳定。然而,肝动脉并发症仍是导致肝移植术后移植物失功和受者死亡的主要原因[1,2,3]。采用快速、牢固及可靠的动脉吻合方法可减少肝动脉并发症、移植物失功和再次肝移植的发生风险,对挽救肝移植受者生命具有重要意义。本研究通过回顾性分析江西省人民医院接受经典原位肝移植的受者临床资料,探讨连续锁边外翻缝合技术在缩短动脉吻合时间,增强吻合的牢固性以及在处理直径不匹配动脉吻合方面的特点和优势,现报道如下。