Anagraphic data Family name: BATTISTON First name: BRUNO Date of birth: 15/01/1960 Place of birth: TORINO Medicine Degree in Torino University Medical School cum laude on 1984 (Thesis on osteochondritis dissecans of the knee). - Residency in Orthopaedics (Torino University Medical School - Thesis in experimental field on peripheral nerves lengthening cum laude (1989) - PhD in Microsurgery (Pavia University Medical School cum laude - Thesis in experimental field on prevention of ischemia damage in limb replantations (1994) - Post-degree certification in Hand Surgery (Brescia University Medical School cum laude - Thesis in experimental field on nerve regeneration in tip finger reconstruction (1995). Actual position : Head of Microsurgery and Hand Surgery Dpt. - CTO Hospital - Torino Address Via Morano 21 10023 CHIERI (TORINO) - ITALY E-mail: bruno.battiston@tiscali.it Mobile phone: +393386464388 Working activity
-1991/1993:Assistent in Orthopedic University Dpt. - Spedali Civili - Brescia. -1993/2001: Senior registar in Orthopedic Dpt. -C.T.O. Hospital - Torino. -2001/2008: Head Microsurgery Unit - CTO Hospital - Torino -2009/2010: Head of Traumatology Unit- CTO Hospital - Torino - Founding member GICRASM (Gruppo Italiano di Chirurgia e Riabilitazione dell Arto Superiore e Mano). - Ordinary member SIOT, SPLLOT, SICM, SIM, FESUM, FESSH. IFSSH, EFMS - Past President of the Italian Society of Microsurgery..- General secretary of the European Federation of Societies for Microsurgery Curriculum - -1985/1986/1987: Fidia fellowship in Brescia University to study nerve regeneration and microneurovascular repairs. -1988: fellowship from Società Piemontese Ligure e Lombarda di Ortopedia e Traumatologia -1988: Visitor to CHU in Nancy (Michel Merle) -1989 : fellowship from Società Italiana di Ortopedia e Traumatologia. -1999 : FESUM award -1999 and 2004: A.Bonola award (Società Italiana di Chirurgia della Mano).
Scientific / teaching activity -a.a. 95/ 96 a.a. 96/ 97 a.a. 97/ 98: Microsurgery teaching in Orthopaedic School - Torino University Medical School. -a.a. 98 up-to-date: Hand Surgery teaching in Orthopaedic School - Torino University Medical School. - Organizer and teacher of a Permanent Annual Course of Reconstructive microsurgery - Teacher in the Master on Microsurgery of the Italian Society of Orthopaedic and Traumatology - Teacher in the Master on Hand Surgery of the Italian Society of Surgery of the Hand - More than 200 papers or invited lectures in National / International Meetings or Courses Main papers - 130 papers published on International or National Journals (here joint some selected papers) : Free microvascular fibular versus conventional bone grafts. Int Surg. 1991 Jan-Mar;76(1):33-42. Gnostic rings: usefulness in sensibility evaluation and sensory reeducation. J Reconstr Microsurg. 1992 Jan;8(1):31-4. Bridging nerve defects with combined skeletal muscle and vein conduits.
Microsurgery. 1993;14(4):247-51. Coracoacromial ligament: a comparative arthroscopic and anatomic study. Arthroscopy. 1995 Oct;11(5):564-7. The role of allopurinol in preventing oxygen free radical injury to skeletal muscle and endothelial cells after ischemia-reperfusion. J Reconstr Microsurg. 1996 Oct;12(7):447-50 Assessment of vascularized fibular graft one year after reconstruction of the wrist after excision of a giant-cell tumour. J Hand Surg [Br]. 1999 Aug;24(4):497-500. Reconstruction of high ulnar nerve lesions by distal double median to ulnar nerve transfer. J Hand Surg [Am]. 1999 Nov;24(6):1185-91. Nerve repair by means of vein filled with muscle grafts I. Clinical results. Microsurgery. 2000;20(1):32-6. Nerve repair by means of vein filled with muscle grafts. II. Morphological analysis of regeneration. Microsurgery. 2000;20(1):37-41. Management of neuromas in continuity of the median nerve with the pronator quadratus muscle flap. Ann Plast Surg. 2002 Jan;48(1):35-40. Lower limb replantations: indications and a new scoring system. Microsurgery. 2002;22(5):187-92. Morphologic and functional study of rat median nerve repair by terminolateral neurorrhaphy of the ulnar nerve. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2003 May;19(4):257-64. On the use of the grasping test in the rat median nerve model: a reappraisal of its efficacy for quantitative assessment of motor function recovery. J Neurosci Methods. 2003 Jul 15;127(1):43-7. Use of muscle-vein-combined Y-chambers for repair of multiple nerve lesions: experimental results. Microsurgery. 2004;24(6):459-64. Low-power laser biostimulation enhances nerve repair after end-to-side neurorrhaphy: a double-blind randomized study in the rat median nerve model. Lasers Med Sci. 2004;19(1):57-65. Epub 2004 Jul 30.
Schwann cell behavior after nerve repair by means of tissue-engineered muscle-vein combined guides. J Comp Neurol. 2005 Aug 22;489(2):249-59. Neurotube for facial nerve repair. Microsurgery. 2005;25(4):268-71. Accurate nomenclature for forefoot nerve entrapment: a historical perspective. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2005 May-Jun;95(3):298-306. Primary nerve repair in associated lesions of the axillary artery and brachial plexus. Microsurgery. 2006;26(4):311-5. Actualities in big segments replantation surgery JPRAS. 2007; 60, 849-855.