AUGMENTATION AND REPAIR OF DERMAL, SUBCUTANEOUS, AND VOCAL CORD TISSUE DEFECTS

摘要

The application concerns a method for corrective surgery of defects being amenable to rectification by the augmentation of tissue subjacent to the defect. The method involves retrieving viable cells from a subject, a neonate or human fetus. The cells are then cultured in vitro and placed into a tissue of the object the tissue being located in a position subjacent to the defect to be rectified. Alternatively, the cells may be cultured in a collagen matrix or suspended in a collagen matrix prior to being placed in a position subjacent to the defect to be rectified. In a further embodiment, the cells are cultured and the in vitro produced extracellular matrix is collected and placed in a position subjacent to the defect to be rectified. A method for the correction of vocal cord defects is also disclosed.