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What tissue bankers should know about the use of allograft blood vessels

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Vascular allografts have been used by surgeons with varying levels of enthusiasm over the last 100 years, to treat a wide variety of vascular conditions. This article reviews the history of vascular allografts, the current indications for use, and the background to current retrieval, processing and cryopreservation techniques.

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Acknowledgments

The author wishes to thank the NHSBT arterial tissue bank project development team: From the NHS Blood and Transplant Service, Ruth Warwick, Richard Lomas, Paul Rooney, Anthony Clarkson and Kyle Bennett; from the University of York, David Pegg.

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Dodd, P.D.F. What tissue bankers should know about the use of allograft blood vessels. Cell Tissue Bank 11, 3–11 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10561-009-9149-9

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