Lung Autografts

Adrenal Medulla Autografts

In 1959, experiments were begun to provide a more physiological and permanent pacemaker for chronic heart block by placing an autotransplant of either adrenal medulla or thyroid gland into the ventricular myocardium of dogs with complete heart block. The original concept was that the small area of myocardium surrounding the endocrine transplant would be stimulated by relatively high local conce...

111 Autografts and Allografts

Immunological and pharmacological removal of small cell lung cancer cells from bone marrow autografts.

Autologous bone marrow transplantation is used in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) to reverse the hematological toxicity induced by high dose therapy even though the presence of cancerous cells in the graft is potentially dangerous by reinfusion of the disease along with the hematopoietic stem cells. The present studies were undertaken to examine the effectiveness of anti-SCLC rat monoclonal antib...

Peritoneal autografts in conjunctival replacement.

Twenty-eight rabbits underwent conjunctival replacement with peritoneal autografts. The grafted peritoneum acted as a scaffold for the remaining healthy conjunctiva which gradually replaced the grafted peritoneum. Peritoneum is not an effective conjunctival substitute as it does not survive in its own right. I should like to thank Professor Norman Ashton, FRS for his most helpful guidance and c...

Bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts versus hamstring autografts for reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament: meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVES To compare bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts with hamstring autografts for reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. DATA SOURCES Medline, WebSPIRS, Science Citation Index, Current Contents databases, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Review methods All randomised controlled trials reporting one or more outcome related to stability (instrumented measure...