title: Fresh autogeneic, frozen allogeneic, and decalcified allogeneic bone grafts in dogs.
abstract: In fully-grown mongrel dogs, diaphyseal ulnar defects 25 mm long were stabilised by screws and plates, and were temporarily filled with silicone rubber blocks. After eight weeks the block was replaced either by fresh autogeneic cancellous bone, allogeneic deep-frozen cancellous bone, allogeneic decalcified bone matrix, or bone matrix gelatin. After 24 weeks the implants were evaluated by radiography, histology, and measurements of new bone volume, using computer-assisted density registration on microradiographs. Only the autogeneic bone grafts led to healing in all instances. Bone regeneration in the other groups was not significantly better than in the sham group in which no graft was employed. Decalcified bone matrix proved ineffective.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schlag
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thurnher
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eschberger
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Dinges
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Redl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015519:Bone Density; D001857:Bone Matrix / Q000637:transplantation*; D001861:Bone Regeneration / Q000502:physiology*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000473:pathology; D003648:Decalcification Technique; D004285:Dogs; D005615:Freezing; D008852:Microradiography; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000473:pathology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000473:pathology; D014457:Ulna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery