Autonomic Nerve Articles

Articles

  • Functional Restoration of Erectile Function Using End-to-Side Autonomic-to-Somatic Neurorrhaphy in Rats.

    To investigate the feasibility of erectile function rehabilitation using end-to-side autonomic-to-somatic neurorrhaphy in rats.

    Thirty-six adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups (n =12 per group): end-to-side coaptation group: the left L6 and S1 spinal nerves were transected, and the distal stump of L6 ventral root (L6VR) was sutured to L4 ventral root (L4VR) through end-to-side neurorrhaphy; no-coaptation group: the rats did not undergo coaptation; and control group: the left L6 and S1 spinal nerves were transected, but L6VR was preserved.

    Published June 2, 2016
  • Nerve-sparing abdominal radical trachelectomy: a novel concept to preserve uterine branches of pelvic nerves.

    Nerve-sparing techniques to avoid bladder dysfunction in abdominal radical hysterectomy have been established during the past two decades, and they have been applied to radical trachelectomy. Although trachelectomy retains the uterine corpus, no report mentions the preservation of uterine branches of pelvic nerves.

    Published September 25, 2015