A regenerative approach for partial tracheal defects, an in vivo canine model

Masaru Yamashita1,2), Shin-ichi Kanemaru1,*), Shigeru Hirano1), Yoshihiro Tamura1), Hiroo Umeda1), Tsunehisa Ohno1), Atsushi Suehiro1), Koichi Omori3), Tatsuo Nakamura4), and Juichi Ito1) 1)Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 2)Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, U.S.A. 3)Department of Otolaryngology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan 4)Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan