title: Study of Outcome of an Implanted Autologous Auricular Cartilage: A Preliminary Experimental Research in Rabbits.
abstract: To investigate the viability of the implanted crushed and uncrushed auricular cartilage graft with intact perichondrium with respect to macroscopic and microscopic parameters. Cartilage grafts from 8 white New Zealand rabbits were harvested from the right auricle, with intact perichondrial layers. There were two categories Pre implant and Post-implant and two types, mildly crushed and uncrushed cartilage graft. The cartilage grafts were implanted into the subcutaneous pockets over the right upper paraspinal area. At the end of 2 months, implanted grafts were retrieved and examined histopathologically. There was a difference among the both types of cartilages in both the categories with respect to chronic inflammation, fibrosis, cartilage mass viability and vascularization. The mildly crushed auricular autologous cartilage with intact perichondrium does not lose the viability and maintains the structural integrity and thus increasing the clinical predictability for cosmetic correction of nose in rhinoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT and HNS, KLE University's J.N. Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Belaldavar
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT and HNS, KLE University's J.N. Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Mudhol
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, KLE University's J.N. Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Vijaylaxmi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dhorigol
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, KLE University's VK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Chetan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Belaldavar
authors.affiliation: KLE University's J.N. Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Satish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT and HNS, KLE University's J.N. Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Rishav
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT and HNS, KLE University's J.N. Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Onkar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Deshmukh
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT and HNS, KLE University's J.N. Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Mohit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT and HNS, KLE University's J.N. Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ganesh
keywords: Animal model; Autologous auricular cartilage; Histopathology; Perichondrium; Rhinoplasty