Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 54. No. 3., 2015.
Preliminary communication
Useful Technique for Allograft Bone Harvest
Goran Bićanić
; Clinical Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Krešimir Crnogaća
; Clinical Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Aljinović
; Clinical Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia;School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Iva Dumbović Dubravčić
; Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Domagoj Delimar
; Clinical Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Although regarded as a gold standard, harvesting of autologous bone graft is associated with donor site morbidity and a number of complications. An alternative is allograft with limited availability as the main shortcoming. Femoral heads as allografts are now routinely obtained during total hip arthroplasty. A small but valuable amount of pure cancellous bone graft of high quality can be obtained in addition. An additional harvest site is the proximal metaphyseal region of femur. We present a simple, useful and inexpensive technique for one harvest that can be performed utilizing ordinary instruments.
Keywords
Allografts; Bone transplantation; Arthroplasty, replacement, hip
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Publication date:
1.11.2015.
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