Free grafts of autologous and homologous ureter. A functional study.
A free graft of autologous ureter will survive functionally when implanted subcutaneously whether replacing ureter or urethra, provided that the adventitia containing its longitudinal blood supply has been removed. A free graft of similarly stripped homograft ureter, although surviving initially, will eventually stenose and be rejected in the usual manner.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D006084:Graft Rejection; D008297:Male; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014513:Ureter / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation*; D014521:Urethra / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery