OBJECTIVES The posterior maxillary region often provides a limited bone volume for dental implants. Maxillary sinus elevation via inserting a bone graft through a window opened in the lateral sinus wall has become the most common surgical procedure for increasing the alveolar bone height in place of dental implants in the posterior maxillary region. The purpose of this article is to assess the ...

BACKGROUND To reduce fusion nonunion, autogenous bone graft is often incorporated into foot and ankle fusion procedures. B2A peptide-coated ceramic granules, with encouraging results in pilot studies of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, were here reformulated into Amplex with a coating concentration of 225 μg B2A/cm(3) ceramic granules (B2A-granule) with the goal of eliminating autogenous...

MANY of the stationary corneal opacities causing diminution of vision are central, avascular, and superficial, and are surrounded by clear cornea or have a neighbouring peripheral clear corneal area of 4 x 4-5 mm. Donor homogenous corneal grafts are not always available, but a rectangular lamellar autogenous corneal. graft can be dissected and turned 1800 so that the clear lamellae are brought ...

PURPOSE To investigate whether there are differences between the phagocytic function of the remaining lower spleen pole after subtotal splenectomy and autogenous splenic implants. METHODS Thirty-six male Wistar rats, weighting 364 ± 60g were used. They were subjected to subtotal splenectomy preserving the lower spleen pole and to autogenous splenic implant in the greater omentum. Its viabilit...

PURPOSE For the successful treatment of thrombosed autogenous arteriovenous fistula (AVF), we designed and performed a hybrid surgery. Its clinical outcomes were compared with those of percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy, retrospectively. METHODS Forty cases of thrombosed autogenous AVFs underwent hybrid surgery, whereas 19 cases received percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy. Hybrid surgery ...

Macaque lumber posterolateral spine fusion (PLF) was performed by using beta-TCP graft combined with bone marrow derived stromal cells (MSCs), to evaluate whether a beta-TCP/MSCs hybrid can be used for PLF instead of autogenous bone graft. Nine crab-eating macaque underwent bilateral PLF at L4-L5. The implants were divided into three groups: 1) beta-TCP/MSCs hybrid, 2) autogenous bone, and 3) b...

The aim of the present study was to determine the most effective antigen with which to mature dendritic cells (DCs). The immune function of DCs loaded with lysates from three different colorectal cancer cell lines was compared. DCs were induced using granulocyte macrophage colony‑stimulating factor, interleukin (IL)‑4 and tumor necrosis factor-α from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of pa...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to evaluate clinically and radiographically, the efficacy of immediate ridge augmentation to reconstruct the vertical and horizontal dimensions at extraction sites of periodontally hopeless tooth using an autogenous chin block graft. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 11 patients (7 male & 4 female) with localized advanced bone loss around single roote...

BACKGROUND Prosthetic rehabilitation of the posterior maxilla with dental implants is often difficult because of proximity to the maxillary sinus and insufficient bone height. Maxillary sinus floor augmentation procedures aim to obtain enough bone with an association between biomaterials and autogenous bone. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate histomorphometrically two grafting ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the thickness, area, and volume of sutured and nonsutured multilayered cartilage grafts in a rabbit population. DESIGN Autogenous rabbit cartilage grafts were harvested, layered, and placed in the contralateral auricle. Half the grafts were sutured; the other half were nonsutured. Graft thickness, area, and volume were measured before implantation, after 90 days in vivo, ...