UNLABELLED In 38 consecutive patients the pulmonary autograft was used in aortic root replacement. Investigations were performed with transthoracic echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging in 31, 27 and 27 patients respectively. The mean age at operation was 28.7 years (range 19.0-52.0) and the follow-up period was 2.8 years (range 0.8-6.7). The pulmona...

BACKGROUND Prior studies suggest the cost of allograft anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is less than that for autograft reconstruction. Charges in these studies were influenced by patients requiring inpatient hospitalization. QUESTION/PURPOSE: We therefore determined if allograft ACL reconstruction would still be less costly if all procedures were performed in a completely outpat...

PURPOSE To compare the results and outcome of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using autogenous hamstring tendon versus fresh-frozen allograft anterior tibialis tendon. METHODS A prospective randomized study was conducted from September 2002 to October 2006. We randomized 147 patients to undergo ACL reconstruction with either autogenous hamstring or fresh-frozen allograft anter...

BACKGROUND Much controversy still exists surrounding graft choice in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Over the past decade, an increase in comparative studies with longer follow-up has enhanced our understanding of current graft options and outcomes. PURPOSE To describe the long-term comparative outcomes of ACL reconstruction with autograft bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) ver...

STUDY DESIGN Systematic review. OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this review was to evaluate clinical and radiographic outcomes in studies of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) using allograft versus ACDF with autograft, ACDF with cage devices, and cervical disc arthroplasty for the treatment of symptomatic cervical disc disease. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA ACDF remains the standard ...

background:   after cervical discectomy, autogenetic bone is packed into the cage to increase the rate of :union: between adjacent vertebral bodies, but donor site–related complications can still occur. in this study we evaluate the use   of hydroxyapatite granules as a substitute for autograft for interbody fusion.     methods:   from november 2008 to november 2011, 236 patients participated i...

Latar belakang: Autograft tulang digunakan pada operasi rekonstruksi kasus tumor tulang. Extracorporeal irradiation (ECI) pada tulang digunakan untuk membunuh sel tumor. Namun radiasi juga menimbulkan efek negatif terhadap osteoinduksi dan osteogenensis untuk inkorporasi autograft tulang. Penelitian ini bertujuan mempelajari pengaruh iradiasi dengan dosis 50-300 Gy terhadap kemampuan inkorporas...

Dilatation of the pulmonary autograft after the Ross procedure is a possible complication, necessitating aortic valve replacement. We present a case of a patient who developed pulmonary autograft dilatation and was treated successfully with valve-sparing aortic root reimplantation with a Valsalva graft.

AIM To study the efficacy and safety of amniotic membrane graft as an adjunctive therapy after removal of primary pterygium, and to compare the clinical outcome with conjunctival autograft and topical mitomycin C. METHODS 80 eyes of 71 patients with primary pterygia were treated with excision followed by amniotic membrane graft. The result was compared retrospectively with 56 eyes of 50 patie...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in nerve regeneration across the collagen guide channel in comparison with autograft. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty adult male rats (250-300 g) were randomized into (1) collagen channel+CSF, (2) collagen channel+normal saline (NS), (3) autograft, and (4) sham surgery groups. The left sciatic nerve was exposed and a...