| Title |
High-Fidelity Tissue Engineering of Patient-Specific Auricles for Reconstruction of Pediatric Microtia and Other Auricular Deformities
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0056506 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alyssa J. Reiffel, Concepcion Kafka, Karina A. Hernandez, Samantha Popa, Justin L. Perez, Sherry Zhou, Satadru Pramanik, Bryan N. Brown, Won Seuk Ryu, Lawrence J. Bonassar, Jason A. Spector |
| Abstract |
Autologous techniques for the reconstruction of pediatric microtia often result in suboptimal aesthetic outcomes and morbidity at the costal cartilage donor site. We therefore sought to combine digital photogrammetry with CAD/CAM techniques to develop collagen type I hydrogel scaffolds and their respective molds that would precisely mimic the normal anatomy of the patient-specific external ear as well as recapitulate the complex biomechanical properties of native auricular elastic cartilage while avoiding the morbidity of traditional autologous reconstructions. |
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| United States | 7 | 22% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 9% |
| Spain | 2 | 6% |
| Sweden | 2 | 6% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Turkey | 1 | 3% |
| Poland | 1 | 3% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 13% |
| Unknown | 9 | 28% |
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| Members of the public | 25 | 78% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 13% |
| Scientists | 3 | 9% |
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| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 211 | 96% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 45 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 37 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 13% |
| Researcher | 28 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 36 | 16% |
| Unknown | 32 | 15% |
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| Engineering | 58 | 26% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 32 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 16 | 7% |
| Materials Science | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 22 | 10% |
| Unknown | 43 | 20% |