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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:1133
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Replacement of the trachea with an autologous aortic graft: Reply

Emmanuel Martinod, MD

Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Vasculaire, Hôpital Avicenne, 125 Route de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France

Alain F. Carpentier, MD, PhD

Laboratoire d'Etude des Greffes et Prothèses Cardiaques, Hôpital Broussais, UPRES 264, Université Paris 6, 96 Rue Didot75014 Paris, France

emartinod@wanadoo.fr

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To the Editor:

We thank Drs Mertsching and associates for their interest in our work on tracheal replacement using an autologous aortic graft and particularly for pointing out that the results of our study raise many intriguing questions about the regeneration of tracheal tissue from an aortic graft [1]. We understand their reluctance to believe what we ourselves observed with great surprise. However, when scientific findings are stubbornly duplicated in repeated, carefully conducted experimentation, it is hard not to believe them. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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