title: Tissue engineering for rhinoplasty.
abstract: Tissue engineering is a rapidly evolving field of research, and its impact on clinical health care solutions can be profound. It offers a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between basic science and the application of a tissue-engineered cartilage product for patients undergoing primary and revision rhinoplasty. Autologous tissue-engineered septal cartilage can be fabricated from a small sample of septal cartilage taken from a patient. This tissue-engineered product would eventually provide the surgeon with adequate grafting material with which to complete a rhinoplasty or nasal reconstructive case without the known limitations of tissue availability and tissue quantity. An update on this technology is presented as it relates to our field.
authors.affiliation: Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCSD School of Medicine, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, 112-C, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. debwatson@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D002356:Cartilage; D019902:Chondrocytes; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D012225:Rhinoplasty; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins