Plastic and reconstructive surgery
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Oct 2011
Occipital artery vasculitis not identified as a mechanism of occipital neuralgia-related chronic migraine headaches.
Recent evidence has shown that some cases of occipital neuralgia are attributable to musculofascial compression of the greater occipital nerve and improve with neurolysis. A mechanical interaction at the intersection of the nerve and the occipital artery may also be capable of producing neuralgia, although that mechanism remains one theoretical possibility among several. The authors evaluated the possibility of unrecognized vasculitis of the occipital artery as a potential mechanism of occipital neuralgia arising from the occipital artery/greater occipital nerve junction. ⋯ Therapeutic, IV.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Oct 2011
Comparative StudyBone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells enhanced diabetic wound healing through recruitment of tissue regeneration in a rat model of streptozotocin-induced diabetes.
This study investigated whether bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell therapy has effectiveness in the enhancement of diabetic wound healing through tissue regeneration. ⋯ Mesenchymal stem cells significantly enhanced diabetic wound healing. Treatment with them is associated with increases of biomarkers in tissue regeneration.