Results of tracheal reconstructive surgery using homografts preserved in formaldehyde
Abenia Ingalaturre, J.M.; Lahoz Zamarro, T.; Vallés Varela, H.
Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola 44(1): 17-23
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6519 PMID: 8471280 Document Number: 409705
The present study was designed to investigate the results of homograft of cervical trachea preserved in formaldehyde. Surgical approach consists in end-to-end anastomosis. In all our cases the graft was rejected, and the animals could only live 13 days as a maximum. We find tracheal mucosa is responsible for graft antigens. The results both clinical and histopathological are compared with a control group and with those obtained by other authors using different conservation methods.