Published in Ann Thorac Surg on October 01, 2000
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Rigid fixation of internal orbital fractures. Plast Reconstr Surg (1990) 0.94
Cultured chondrocytes produce injectable tissue-engineered cartilage in hydrogel polymer. Tissue Eng (2001) 0.94
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Comparison of CT imaging artifacts from craniomaxillofacial internal fixation devices. Plast Reconstr Surg (1993) 0.91
Operative complications of the transconjunctival inferior fornix approach. Ophthalmology (1991) 0.91
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Adhesion of tissue-engineered cartilate to native cartilage. Plast Reconstr Surg (2000) 0.88
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Cell-based tissue-engineered allogeneic implant for cartilage repair. Tissue Eng (2000) 0.84
Bayesian persuasion. Circulation (1999) 0.84
Complex orbital fracture repair using rigid fixation of the internal orbital skeleton. Ophthalmology (1992) 0.84
Hyperacute rejection is attenuated in GalT knockout swine lungs perfused ex vivo with human blood. Transplant Proc (2005) 0.83
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy is abrogated by anti-CD8 monoclonal antibody therapy. Ann Thorac Surg (1997) 0.83
Mechanisms of tolerance induction and prevention of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in miniature swine: the effect of augmentation of donor antigen load. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2000) 0.83
Long-term lung transplantation in nonhuman primates. Am J Transplant (2015) 0.83
Limb reconstruction by free-tissue transfer combined with the Ilizarov method. Plast Reconstr Surg (1991) 0.83
A biomechanical analysis of an engineered cell-scaffold implant for cartilage repair. Ann Plast Surg (2001) 0.83
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Obliterative bronchiolitis develops in miniature swine transplanted across a minor histocompatibility barrier. Transplant Proc (2001) 0.82
The aging midfacial skeleton: implications for rejuvenation and reconstruction using implants. Facial Plast Surg (2009) 0.82
Histological characteristics of acute rejection in vascularized allografts of bone. J Bone Joint Surg Am (1987) 0.81
An experimental study on the effect of rigid fixation on the developing craniofacial skeleton. Plast Reconstr Surg (1991) 0.81
Sweat gland carcinoma of the hand: two cases of malignant eccrine spiradenoma. J Hand Surg Am (1984) 0.81
The echocardiographic diagnosis, characterization, and extraction guidance of cardiac foreign bodies. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2000) 0.81
Craniofacial skeletal fixation using biodegradable plates and cyanoacrylate glue. Plast Reconstr Surg (1997) 0.81
Composite aortic root replacement with direct coronary artery implantation. Ann Thorac Surg (1996) 0.80
Morphometric analysis of miniature swine hearts as potential human xenografts. Xenotransplantation (2001) 0.80
Recommendations of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Heart and Lung Tolerance Working Group. Transplantation (2001) 0.80
Epithelioid and spindle-celled leiomyosarcoma of the heart. Report of 2 cases and review of the literature. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1999) 0.80
Morphometric analyses to predict appropriate donor size for swine-to-human cardiac xenotransplantation. Transplant Proc (1999) 0.80
The role of indirect recognition of MHC class I and II allopeptides in a fully mismatched miniature swine model of lung transplantation. Transplant Proc (2006) 0.79
Low-dose IL-2 for In vivo expansion of CD4+ and CD8+ regulatory T cells in nonhuman primates. Am J Transplant (2012) 0.79
Effects of cell concentration and growth period on articular and ear chondrocyte transplants for tissue engineering. Plast Reconstr Surg (2001) 0.79
Donor modification leads to prolonged survival of limb allografts. Plast Reconstr Surg (2001) 0.79
Vascular knee allograft transplantation in a rabbit model. Plast Reconstr Surg (1983) 0.79
Tolerance and chronic rejection. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2001) 0.79
The role of cyclosporin in prolonging survival in vascularized bone allografts. Plast Reconstr Surg (1987) 0.78
Creation of the "thymoheart" allograft: implantation of autologous thymus into the heart prior to procurement. Transplantation (1998) 0.78
Indirect allorecognition promotes the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Transplant Proc (2001) 0.78
Spatial adaptation of short-wavelength pathways in humans. Science (1980) 0.78
Use of bilateral folded radial forearm free flaps for reconstruction of a midface gunshot wound. J Reconstr Microsurg (1998) 0.78
Further evidence that NK cells may contribute to the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Transplant Proc (2005) 0.78
Comparison of artifact from craniomaxillofacial internal fixation devices: magnetic resonance imaging. Plast Reconstr Surg (1994) 0.78