Implant-type Tissue-engineered Cartilage for Secondary Correction of Cleft Lip-nose Patients: An Exploratory First-in-human Trial

Kazuto Hoshi^1,2*, Yuko Fujihara¹, Hideto Saijo¹, Yukiyo Asawa², Satoru Nishizawa³, Sanshiro Kanazawa², Sakura Uto², Ryoko Inaki², Mariko Matsuyama², Tomoaki Sakamoto², Makoto Watanabe², Madoka Sugiyama¹, Kazumichi Yonenaga¹, Atsuhiko Hikita² and Tsuyoshi Takato^1,2

¹Department of Sensory and Motor System Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, E-mail: pochi-tky@umin.net

²Division of Tissue Engineering, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, E-mail: pochi-tky@umin.net

³Translation Research Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, E-mail: pochi-tky@umin.net

^*Corresponding Author: Kazuto Hoshi, Department of Sensory and Motor System Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan, Tel: +81-3-5800-9891 Email: