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homograft: see transplantation, medical transplantation, medical, surgical procedure by which a tissue or organ is removed and replaced by a corresponding part, either from another part of the body or from another individual. ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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4) The most commonly used reconstruction materials are autografts, homografts, and synthetic prostheses made of plastic pore, gold, (5,6) ceramic (7-15) and, most recently, titanium. clinical trials of the device, notes that, "Prior to Contegra, the availability of pulmonary homografts in sizes less than 20 mm in diameter and the durability of pulmonary homograft conduits were 'weak links' in the surgical treatment of complex congenital heart disease. The use of homografts in ossiculoplasty has been well documented in the literature. |
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