Research Article

A New Approach of In Vivo Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Using the Epigastric Artery as Central Core Vessel of a 3-Dimensional Construct

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Implantation site showing the rectus abdominis dissected free with the superior and inferior epigastric vascular pedicle along the deep surface of the muscle. The in vivo bioreactor chamber is assembled around the epigastric vessels.
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