autograft
- noun
- /ˈɔːtəˌgræft/
- Specialized
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autoinjerto
- After the injury, the surgeon recommended an autograft to ensure that the tissue would match the patient’s own body for better healing.
- osteochondral autograft
- hamate autograft
- autograft use
Examples
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Osteochondral autografts and autografts, in addition to autologous chondrocyte implantation, are restorative techniques aimed at recreating a more normal articular surface.
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The referring physician noted that the patient had undergone a type II tympanoplasty, an incus autograft, and a mastoidectomy on the left ear 3 years earlier.
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The first use of autografts in the ear was by Zollner and Wullstein in the 1950s.
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Conclusions: The present study provides information about the best fit for placing a hamate autograft for the hemihamate arthroplasty procedure.
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Currently, surgeons performing this procedure must estimate to the best of their ability the size and shape of the hamate autograft to fit the portion of the middle phalanx that has been comminuted.
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The symptomatic chondral lesion is debrided of cartilage and a small portion of underlying bone to determine the size and shape of the osteochondral autograft that will be needed.
Academic text (2005) -
The arthroscope is used to visualize a focal cartilage lesion involving the femoral condyle prior to osteochondral autograft transplantation.
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During her knee surgery, the doctor performed an autograft to repair the damaged cartilage from another part of her knee.
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The patient received an autograft from her thigh to reconstruct the missing skin on her arm.
Synonyms
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Moving a person's own tissue or cells to another place in their body
How Self-Sourced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Autograft comes from auto- meaning 'self' and graft meaning 'a piece of tissue put in a new place.' Like automobile, where auto- means 'self', an autograft is tissue moved from one part of a person's body to another part of the same person, so the body is less likely to reject it.