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A Novel Surgical Technique As a Foundation for In Vivo Partial Liver Engineering in Rat
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A century ago, W.E. Sistrunk described a surgical technique still relevant today
1Service ORL-CCF, CHU de Grenoble-Alpes (CHUGA), Grenoble, France; Secteur santé, université Grenoble-Alpes (UGA), Grenoble, France.
European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases
|December 20, 2024
Abstract:
Research and knowledge in human embryology greatly progressed during the second half of the 19th century. This allowed optimization of surgical treatment of branchial deformities and cervical cysts in the light of their embryological development. In 1920, Walter Ellis Sistrunk described an embryologically-based technique for resection of thyroglossal duct fistulae and cysts. A century later, the procedure is still being performed as originally described.

