The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 811-819, October 2009

In situ tissue engineering for tracheal reconstruction using a luminar remodeling type of artificial trachea

  • Tatsuo Nakamura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Tatsuo Nakamura, MD, Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Kawahara cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
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  • Toshihiko Sato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Masato Araki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Satoshi Ichihara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Akira Nakada, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Makoto Yoshitani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Shin-ichi Itoi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Masaru Yamashita, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Shin-ichi Kanemaru, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Kouichi Omori, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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  • Yoshio Hori, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Katsuaki Endo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Kyoto Nerve Regeneration Research Center, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Yuji Inada, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Katsumi Hayakawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Received 2 February 2008; received in revised form 12 May 2008; accepted 3 July 2008. published online 13 May 2009.

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 This work was supported partly by a Health and Labor Science Research Grant for Research on the Human Genome, and Tissue Engineering, from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00407-3

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.07.072

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 811-819, October 2009

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