Technical aspects of perichondrial grafting in the rabbit.
A screening process to determine the most appropriate model for the study of cartilage growth from perichondrium obtained from the rabbit's left tenth costal cartilage has resulted in the following observations: (1) best growth is achieved when fixation of the graft is secure and conformity to the recipient bed is complete; (2) immobilization enhances fixation, but permits fibrous tissue growth onto the graft, and (3) diminishing periods of immobilization enhance perichondrial growth, but have a deleterious effect on fixation.
D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000254:growth & development / Q000637:transplantation*; D005269:Femur / Q000601:surgery; D006085:Graft Survival; D007103:Immobilization; D010329:Patella / Q000601:surgery; D011817:Rabbits; D014945:Wound Healing