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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"graft harvesting"”.
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Use of growth factors and adhesive ligands to promote connective tissue progenitor colony formation from fresh marrow
The current gold standard for bone graft material is autologous bone, which provides mechanical support, possesses factors that promote bone formation, and contains connective tissue progenitors (CTPs), a heterogeneous population of connective tissue stem and progenitor cells that contribute to …
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A Method to Improve Cartilage Integration
… death (ZCD) that is generated upon osteochondral graft harvest, which can extend up to 400 μm into the cartilaginous portion of the graft. In order for cartilage integration to occur, chondrocytes must be present at the graft periphery; however chondrocyte migration through the ZCD to the graft …
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Essays on Propensity Score Methods for Causal Inference in Observational Studies
… using a data set about endoscopic vein-graft harvesting in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgeries. We discuss important aspects of the implementation of these methods such as model specification and standard error calculations. Based on the comparison, we provide general …
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Heilungsverlauf der Entnahmestelle von freien Schleimhaut- und Bindegewebstransplantaten im Gaumen : eine histologische und histometrische Studie am Affen
Die vielfältigen Einsatzmöglichkeiten von freien Schleimhaut- und Bindegewebstransplantaten in der Parodontologie, Perioprothetik und Implantologie erweitern heute das Behandlungsspektrum in der ästhetischen Zahnheilkunde. Die Einheilung der Transplantate an der Empfängerstelle ist inzwischen gut …