autograft
Tissue from yourself
An autograft is tissue transplanted from one part of a person's body to another part of the same body: Surgeons used an autograft of skin from her thigh to cover the burn on her arm.
Because the tissue comes from the patient's own body, there's no risk of rejection.
Compare with allograft (tissue from another person) and xenograft (tissue from another species).
Body's outer layer
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- harvestingGathering mature crops
- implantationEmbedding into tissue
- autologousFrom the same organism
dermis · epidermis · flap · biopsy · melanocytes · vascularization · mesh · placement
Biological self-repair process
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- repairRestore to working order
restoration · granulation · remodeling · proliferation · angiogenesis · reepithelialization · collagen · fibroblasts
Controlled cut into tissue
- sutureMedical wound closure
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- surgeonPhysician who operates
procedure · operating · instruments · dissection · preoperative · postoperative · scalpel · hospital
Restoring original form
- plasticCapable of being molded
- cosmeticSurface-level appearance enhancer
- defectInherent imperfection or fault
- flapOne-sided attached cover
reshaping · contouring · revision · rhinoplasty · mammoplasty · burn · contracture · resurfacing
Of an outer layer
spine · orthopedic · fracture · nonunion · scaffold · incorporation · structural · dowel
skin
Body's outer layer
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- harvestingGathering mature crops
- implantationEmbedding into tissue
autologous · dermis · epidermis · flap · biopsy · melanocytes · vascularization · mesh · placement · engraftment
regeneration
Biological self-repair process
repair · restoration · granulation · remodeling · proliferation · angiogenesis · reepithelialization · collagen · fibroblasts · scar
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
- sutureMedical wound closure
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- sterileFree from microorganisms
surgeon · procedure · operating · instruments · dissection · preoperative · postoperative · scalpel · hospital · recovery
reconstructive
Restoring original form
- plasticCapable of being molded
- cosmeticSurface-level appearance enhancer
- defectInherent imperfection or fault
flap · reshaping · contouring · revision · rhinoplasty · mammoplasty · burn · contracture · resurfacing · coverage
cortical
Of an outer layer
fusion · spine · orthopedic · fracture · nonunion · scaffold · incorporation · structural · dowel · strut
- Auto- wordsautomobile, autopilot, autocorrect, autobiography, autograph
- biological materialstissue, blood, plasma, serum, bone marrow
- transplantsorgan transplant, liver transplant, bone marrow transplant, kidney transplant, heart transplant
- bone graftingbone chips, donor site
- bone surgeryspinal fusion, cranioplasty, bone flap
- cartilage repairmicrofracture, autografts, allografts, scaffolds
autograftallograft
Transplanted tissue, same species
homograft · xenograft · heterograft · isograft · transplant
auto, graft, automate, grafts, grafting, grafted, autoimmune, xenograft, autoimmunity