Free autogenous transplants in preformed pseudosheath silicone rubber pockets.
This investigation suggests that free autogenous grafts, when placed in preformed silicone rubber pseudosheath pockets, will survive as well, if not better, than in delayed or immediate surgical pockets. This supports the clinical assumption that silicone rubber implants can be used and exchanged periodically for larger sizes. At a final exchange, free autogenous tissue could be replaced within the pseudosheath pocket.
D000818:Animals; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D006085:Graft Survival; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011817:Rabbits; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
D012826:Silicone Elastomers