Generating ears from cultured autologous auricular chondrocytes by using two-stage implantation in treatment of microtia

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 817-825

  Yanaga, Hiroko ^a   Imai, Keisuke ^b   Fujimoto, Takuya ^b   Yanaga, Katsu ^b  

^a Tissue Culture Laboratory   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL GROWTH; CELL VOLUME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DONOR SITE; EAR; EAR CARTILAGE; ELASTIC CARTILAGE; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MICROTIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERICHONDRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ABDOMEN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHONDROCYTES; EAR CARTILAGE; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 70349291337     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181b17c0e     Document Type: Article

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