[Consulting office tissue banks (author's transl)].

The technicalities of obtaining graft tissues and the methods of preserving homograft ossicles and cartilage are described. The chemical and biological problems of tissue banks are discussed practically in relation to published experiences of others. The techniques for use of homograft ossicles in tympanoplasty surgery are described. The comparative ease of preparation and preservation of homograft ossicles and hyaline cartilage justifies the establishment of tissue banks in the practice of the private otologist.