Letter A

Autotransplant

The process of transplanting tissue from one part of the body to another in the same individual.

The transplanted tissue is termed an autotransplant or an autograft.

Ovarian autotransplantation has been done to the upper arm to protect the ovary while the patient had radiotherapy to the abdomen.

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