Experimental tracheal revascularization and transplantation.
Vascularized tracheal allografts would expand the domain of tracheal reconstructive surgery. The functional capability of vascularized tracheal allografts is closely correlated with immunologic parameters contributing to graft survival, about which little information is currently available. An orthotopic transplant model was developed that allows assessment of allograft function by examining healing at the graft-host junction and graft integrity during normal respiration.
Department of E.N.T., Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
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D000818:Animals; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006085:Graft Survival; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011817:Rabbits; D014132:Trachea / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000166:cytology / Q000637:transplantation*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000379:methods*
D003524:Cyclosporins; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents