Donor-Site Morbidity Following Minimally Invasive Costal Cartilage Harvest Technique [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2015 ObjectivesAutologous costal cartilage is a promising alternative for mastoid obliteration. However, donor-site morbidities of the chest wall limit the use of this graft.
Hyung Chae Yang +4 more
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Surgical treatment of costal cartilage fractures with titanium plate internal fixation [PDF]
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022 Background This study aim to evaluate surgical procedures for titanium plate internal fixation of costal cartilage fractures with displacement or nonunion.
Yang Li +5 more
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Mechanical properties of extensive calcified costal cartilage: An experimental study [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Background: Autologous costal cartilage is widely used as nasal augmentation or nasal reconstruction material. However, no study has focused on the mechanical difference between no calcified costal cartilage and extensive calcified costal cartilage at ...
Xin Wang +6 more
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Lost fractures: prevalence and risk factors for missed costosternal and costal cartilage fractures among patients with radiologic chest wall injury [PDF]
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care OpenBackground Costosternal cartilages and the costal margin, collectively termed costal cartilage, are hyaline cartilage connecting ribs to the sternum and to adjacent ribs, respectively.
Tracy J Johns +20 more
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Breaking waves and cartilage: Surgical management of costal cartilage injuries in surfing-related trauma [PDF]
Trauma Case ReportsBlunt thoracic trauma, often leading to rib fractures and costal cartilage injuries, is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients.
Samy Bendjemil, Joseph D. Forrester
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Characterization of costal cartilage allografts. [PDF]
ANZ J Surg, 2022 AbstractBackgroundHuman costal cartilage remains widely used in the reconstruction of soft tissues, particularly within the field of plastic and orthopaedic surgery. The biologic expense of using autologous human costal cartilage has become superseded by the increasingly common use of irradiated costal cartilage allografts.
Sinclair S, Walsh WR.
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Rib Fixation for a Patient with Severely Displaced and Overlapped Costal Cartilage Fractures [PDF]
Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2018 Rib fixations for flail chest or displaced rib fractures are not a new technique. However, reports on rib fixations involving costal cartilage fractures are very few and surprisingly there are no reports of internal fixations involving only the costal ...
Sung Ho Han +7 more
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Rare case of rib-like ossification arising from a Y-shaped fourth costal cartilage [PDF]
Radiology Case ReportsI report a rare anatomical variant observed in a male cadaver in his 70s on postmortem computed tomography. The left fourth costal cartilage showed Y-shaped branching, with one branch exhibiting ossification that formed a rib-like structure extending ...
Akihito Usui, PhD
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Harvesting the Entire Seventh Costal Cartilage for Secondary Rhinoplasty [PDF]
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2022 Background:. As rhinoplasty is becoming increasingly common, the number of revision cases is also increasing. These cases require more cartilage, and costal cartilage is considered a good material.
Dong-Woo Jung, MD, PhD +1 more
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