Regeneration of Tracheal Tissue in Partial Defects Using Porcine Small Intestinal Submucosa

Figure 13

Control group without cartilaginous tissue regeneration (newly formed cartilage) at the site of the tracheal defect, H&E (100x): (a) mature cartilaginous tissue, (b) pseudostratified ciliated epithelium, (c) connective tissue, (d) blood vessels, (e) fibrosis, and (f) acute and chronic inflammatory tissue.