This unfavourable opinion was essentially based on medullo-adrenal autotransplantation, whose danger is unquestionable, but whose effectiveness is doubtful. |
The woman is only the second patient to undergo the procedure, ovarian autotransplantation. |
Another approach involves autotransplantation of splenic tissue within the mesentery. |
However, all autotransplantation procedures require harvesting the graft from a donor area which results in an additional wound site and discomfort for the patient. |
Conditions covered include early childhood caries, erosive dental wear, tongue piercing, and premolar autotransplantation. |
New options for salvage treatment may narrow the gap, if one exists, between single and tandem autotransplantation. |