Transplantation of Chondrocytes Utilizing a Polymer-Cell Construct to Produce Tissue-Engineered Cartilage in the Shape of a Human Ear

Cao, Yilin; P. Vacanti, Joseph; T. Paige, Keith; Upton, Joseph; A. Vacanti, Charles

doi:10.1097/00006534-199708000-00001

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Transplantation of Chondrocytes Utilizing a Polymer-Cell Construct to Produce Tissue-Engineered Cartilage in the Shape of a Human Ear

Published in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery • Aug 1, 1997

Authors:

Yilin Cao

Joseph P. Vacanti

Keith T. Paige

Abstract

This study evaluates the feasibility of growing tissue-engineered cartilage in the shape of a human ear using chondrocytes seeded onto a synthetic biodegradable polymer fashioned in the shape of a 3-year-old child's auricle. A polymer template was formed in the shape of a human auricle using a nonwo...

Subject

Auricle

Polylactic acid

Cartilage

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