Biomedical subjects

W C Grabb

Publications and source records attributed to W C Grabb.

At least 37 records · Page 2Linked to original sources

PubMed1977

Increasing the incidence and the size of successful experimental composite ear grafts by advance preparation of the recipient bed.

Composite grafts were transferred from one ear to the other in adult macaque monkeys. Evidence was found that preparation of the recipient bed (cutting a wedge-shaped hole from the rim inward, 10 or 11 days ahead of transfer) would increase the incidence of complete takes and would also increase the size of grafts that could be transferred successfully.

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PubMed1976

Teratomatous choristoma and its associated syndromes. Case report.

The literature on oral teratomata is reviewed, and a theory for the embryological basis for these malformations is presented. We present an unusual case of Class III (Schwalbe) teratoma, in association with a complete cleft of the hard palate. Corrective surgery was required in the neonatal period.

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PubMed1975

Skin graft survival on avascular defects.

Full-thickness skin grafts placed on bare rabbit ear cartilage were revascularized, whereas split-skin grafts on the same kinds of areas failed. The contrast is most likely due to differences in the skin graft thickness and the vascular patterns in the grafts. Full-thickness rat skin grafts placed over the same sized underlying silicone sheet implants did not survive. When the graft was made 3 mm larger on all sides than the implant, all or a portion of the graft over the implant survived. Quantitation of the area of graft survival is presented. Prepared grafts (replaced on their donor areas for 48 hours) on prepared beds and fresh grafts on prepared beds had slightly larger areas of graft surviving over an avascular defect. On the basis of this investigation, we suggest that a full-thickness skin graft placed on a prepared peripheral bed may make possible the greatest area of bridging over an avascular defect.

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PubMed1975