caa a22 4500 386348111 CHVBK 20180307111818.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198906 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100109363 doi S0022215100109363 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100109363 Influence of the mode of preparation on the distortion and consistency of homologous costal cartilage implants [Elektronische Daten] Nasal implants of autologous costal cartilage have an undesirable tendency to distortion. This tendency may be reduced by the process of devitalization, which occurs in the preparation of homologous costal cartilage for storage in a tissue bank. An in vitro study has been undertaken, utilizing five common methods of cartilage preparation (cialit, ethyl alcohol, formalin, glutaraldehyde and irradiation) to determine whether there is any significant variation in the degree of distortion which occurred and any variation in cartilage consistency. We conclude that all of the methods evaluated would produce banked homologous costal cartilage with an equally low incidence of distortion but implants are less readily carved from cartilage stored in cialit. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989 Adlington P. Consultant ENT Surgeon, Bournemouth Anscombe A. J. Consultant Pathologist, West Dorset Group of Hospitals Joshi J. B. Registrar. ENT Department, Bournemouth. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/6(1989-06), 572-576 0022-2151 103:6<572 1989 103 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100109363 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100109363 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Adlington P. Consultant ENT Surgeon, Bournemouth NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Anscombe A. J. Consultant Pathologist, West Dorset Group of Hospitals NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Joshi J. B. Registrar. ENT Department, Bournemouth NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/6(1989-06), 572-576 0022-2151 103:6<572 1989 103 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence SWISSBIB 386348111 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge