Autogeneic and allogeneic grafting materials

Abstract

During the past twenty years, there has been an increasing use of human materials to replace structures of the ear, malformed developmentally, affected by chronic disease or surgically sacrificed. Unfortunately, there has been a lack of consistency in the terms used to describe these grafts, but to delve into the origins of words applied to grafts confuses rather than helps. In the end one has to settle for what has been accepted already.