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1Head and Neck Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, Center for Regenerative Medicine,Mayo Clinic Arizona, 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology,University of Health Sciences, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, 3Department of Otolaryngology,Vanderbilt University, 4Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute, 5Division of Laryngology, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Mayo Clinic Arizona
Chapters
- 00:06Introduction
- 00:52Donor Surgery and Graft Procurement
- 05:49Graft Preparation
- 06:51Recipient Surgery and Anastomosis of the Vessels
- 12:54Results
- 13:40Conclusion
The aim of this manuscript is to describe the microsurgical steps required to perform a heterotopic laryngeal transplant in mice. The advantages of this mouse model compared to other animal models of laryngeal transplantation are its cost-effectiveness and the availability of immunologic assays and data.
