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n. - Tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person.

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  • Quinby in 1916 used the canine renal autograft model to study the effect of denervation on renal function (16).
  • In these reports, there was the tacit assumption that renal autograft function would deteriorate ultimately, possibly because of lack of nerve supply and/or lymphatics.
  • The child's own pulmonary valve and base of the pulmonary artery (autograft) replace the defective aorta, while a homograft (blood vessel from a tissue donor) replaces...
  • Augment ™ Bone Graft to autograft in hindfoot and ankle fusions will be reviewed by Dr. Timothy
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