(n.) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
(n.) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
(n.) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
(n.) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
(n.) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
(n.) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
(n.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.
(v. i.) To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
(2) These immunocytochemical studies clearly demonstrated that cells encountered within the fibrous intimal thickening in the vein graft were inevitably smooth muscle cell in origin.
(3) An effective graft-surveillance protocol needs to be applicable to all patients; practical in terms of time, effort, and cost; reliable; and able to detect, grade, and assess progression of lesions.
(4) On the basis of 180 interventions, they describe in detail the use of fibrin glue in myringo- and tympanoplasty for correct fixing of grafts.
(5) Graft life is even more prolonged with patch angioplasty at venous outflow stenoses or by adding a new segment of PTFE to bypass areas of venous stenosis.
(6) In dorsoventral (DV) reversed wings at both shoulder or flank level, the motor axons do not alter their course as they enter the graft.
(7) The article describes an unusual case with development of a right anterior mediastinal mass after bypass surgery with internal mammary artery grafts.
(8) In our experience DSA is a safe, specific means of following postoperative grafts and diagnosing their occlusion.
(9) Factors associated with higher incidence of rejection included loose sutures, traumatic wound dehiscence, and grafts larger than 8.5 mm.
(10) The result of this study demonstrates that both the "hat" and "inverted" type grafts are highly successful and satisfactory procedures.
(11) It is concluded that fibroblast replication is an important mechanism leading to the pathologic fibrosis seen in graft versus host disease and, by analogy, probably other types of immunologically mediated fibrosis.
(12) The in vivo approach consisted of interspecies grafting between quail and chick embryos.
(13) Attachment of the graft to the wound is similar with and without the addition of human basic fibroblast growth factor, a potent angiogenic agent, to the skin replacement before graft placement on wounds.
(14) A conduit of a diameter of 23 mm was made by hand with a glutaraldehyde preserved xenopericardial graft.
(15) The remaining grafts appeared to be incorporated securely, as determined by radiographic examination.
(16) Attempts were made to prolong the survival of the grafts by the use of cytotosine arabinoside, methylprednisolone, heparin and azathioprine.
(17) Grafts of intermediate thickness (M III) showed excellent clinical healing of the donor and the recipient site.
(18) It was recently demonstrated that MRL-lpr lymphoid cells transferred into lethally irradiated MRL- +mice unexpectedly failed to induce the early onset of lupus syndrome and massive lymphadenopathy of the donor, instead they caused a severe wasting syndrome resembling graft-vs-host (GvH) disease.
(19) Living nonrelated transplants and 0-haplotype matched transplants did well initially at 1-year graft survival but there was a decrease in graft survival in these transplant groups at 2 and 3 years.
(20) Fascia TM grafts atrophied in 35 of 43 ears (80%), and perichondrium atrophied in 8 of 20 ears (40%).
Regraft
Definition:
(v. t.) To graft again.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thus, triple therapy immunosuppression appears to offer effective immunosuppression, resulting in good graft and patient survival, especially in highly sensitised patients or patients receiving regrafts.
(2) The other four patients had the grafts excised, with local regrafting in two cases, both patients remaining well at follow-up.
(3) The 1-year regraft survival in HLA-DR matched short PGST patients was 64% versus 52% with 2 antigens mismatched (p less than 0.01).
(4) The incidence of DRF in the regraft study group was most commonly seen in patients with a historic high level of HLA sensitization.
(5) Corneal buttons of failed grafts were obtained at the time of regrafting and studied with the scanning electron microscope.
(6) Three of the five eyes with irreversible graft rejection were regrafted, and two of these grafts have remained clear.
(7) There was no clear effect of WIT in regrafted patients.
(8) Positive B cell crossmatches due to IgM or IgG HLA antibodies were associated with good primary graft survival but poor regraft survival.
(9) The reasons for regrafting were incomplete epithelialization of the donor cornea by the host, poor donor material, and ring synechiae with secondary glaucoma.
(10) Similar findings were noted in regrafted parous women and those with preformed antibodies.
(11) Black donor regrafts to nonblack recipients were associated with a 13.8% lower 1-year graft survival.
(12) Cadaveric graft-loss rates at 2 months were 33% for primary and 60% for FCXM-positive regrafts in contrast to 7% for primary and 0% for FCXM-negative regrafts.
(13) No implants were removed and only one eye required regrafting.
(14) Patients with a good first transplant HLA match had a higher overall regraft rate compared with those with a poor match (70.0% vs. 50.0%, P less than 0.01).
(15) Surgical techniques were those of Mackensen (1972), the trap-door technique, and a trepanation of the sclerocornea with regrafting.
(16) For kidneys which immediately functioned, cyclosporine therapy increased the one-year graft survival rate by 11% for first grafts and 3% for regrafts.
(17) The bone grafts failed in one cleft site in 4 patients, all of which were regrafted with satisfactory results.
(18) Other major indications for penetrating keratoplasty included Fuchs' dystrophy (375 cases, 16%), keratoconus (348 cases, 15%), aphakic bullous keratopathy (331 cases, 14%), and regraft (233 cases, 10%).
(19) The initial function of the retransplant kidney had a very large effect on the final one-year graft outcome of that kidney and was independent of the use of cyclosporine patients having a functioning kidney at one month had 75% and 72% one-year regraft survival with and without cyclosporine treatment, respectively.
(20) Regrafting for recurrent epistaxis was successful in four of five patients (improvement for more than six months).