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Autograft
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autograft /au·to·graft/ (aw´to-graft) a tissue graft transferred from one part of the patient's body to another part.
au·to·graft (ôt-grft)
n.
A tissue or an organ grafted into a new position in or on the body of the same individual. Also called autologous graft, autotransplant.
Autograft
Tissue that is taken from one part of a person's body and transplanted to a different part of the same person.
Mentioned in: Bone Grafting, Skin Grafting
autograft,
n See graft, autogenous.
n a procedure in which a graft is attached to an exposed area of a tooth's root. The graft is normally obtained from the palate of the oral cavity.
autograft
a graft transferred from one part of the patient's body to another part.
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Several methods are used to close the excised burn wound including split skin grafts, allografts, synthetic skin substitutes and more recently cultured epithelial autografts (CEA's).
Cultured epithelial autografts by Gutierrez, Penny / Australian Nursing Journal
These include the use of arthroscopic lavage or debridement, radio frequency energy, bone drilling, osteochondral autografts or allografts, internal fixation of bone fragments, and autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI).
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Finally, considering that bone autografts require so much operating-room time to prepare, the choice of ready-to-use titanium implants may prove to be no less cost-effective.
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