title: Bone grafts: a review of the literature.
abstract: Dr. Glidear discusses bone transplantation and the incorporation of transplanted bone into the host. The graft itself plays a role in its incorporation into the host by either attracting invading vessels from the bed or by forming anastomoses between itself and the host vascular channels. Vessels can invade a bony graft only when shear is eliminated or greatly minimized. The most frequent cause of transplantation failure is infection.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous