Arterial homografts

Arterial Homografts for Peripheral Arteriosclerotic

Sympathectomy and thrombo-endarterectomy have been largely unsatisfactory in the treatment of patients with arterial insufficiency of the lower extremities. In this paper the results are analyzed of a large experience with the use of lyophilized arterial homografts to bridge occlusive lesions below the aortic bifurcation. The criteria for selection of patients for operation, the simplified proc...

Arterial homografts for peripheral arteriosclerotic occlusive disease.

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[Viscoelastic and functional similarities between native femoral arteries and fresh or cryopreserved arterial and venous homografts].

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES It is not yet known whether cryopreservation enables vessels to retain their viscoelastic properties or whether cryopreserved homografts are biomechanically more like native arteries than currently used vascular prostheses. The study objectives were: a) to determine whether our cryopreservation methodology enables arterial and venous homografts to retain their viscoe...

Antibody Response to Homografts

Antigenic differences between certain inbred strains of mice which could not be revealed by hemagglutination techniques were readily disclosed by lymphocyte cytotoxicity. With an improved cytotoxicity test lymphotoxic titers were as high as 1:512 with non-hemagglutinating A anti CBA antisera. In other mouse strain combinations, a close parallel of both types of antibody activity was obtained. T...

Homografts and the bone bank.