Transplanted ossicles after two decades.
The authors now report on the histological appearance of two very long-term ossicles, an autologous incus removed from the middle ear at revision surgery 21 years after repositioning and a homologous incus removed from the middle ear after 20 years. Having been placed in formalin immediately after removal from the ear, both specimens were later decalcified by ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid, embedded in paraffin wax, serially sectioned and stained with haematoxylin and eosin.
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.
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D001861:Bone Regeneration; D004429:Ear Ossicles / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D007188:Incus / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous