Epidurally placed free fat grafts visualized by CT scanning 15-18 years after discectomy.
Four patients operated on in 1965-1968 for disc protrusion had CT scanning of the area operated on. In all patients viable fat tissue was demonstrated in the area in which fat tissue had been transplanted on the dura 15-18 years earlier.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000637:transplantation; D000328:Adult; D004824:Epidural Space; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000601:surgery*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed