The Morphology and Bending Behavior of Regenerated Costal Cartilage with Kawanabe-Nagata Method in Rabbits – the Short Term Result of an Experimental Study

The chest wall deformity is a well-known complication following costal cartilage harvest with the biomechanical factor considered to be a cause of this donor-site morbidity. Kawanabe-Nagata method is a widely-accepted approach to prevent the deformity. However, knowledge about the biomechanical properties of regenerated costal cartilage is limited, and the value of reimplantation of autologous costal cartilage blocks is not clear.The fifth...