title: Interporous hydroxyapatite as a bone graft substitute in tibial plateau fractures.
abstract: The metaphyseal defects in 40 patients with displaced tibial plateau fractures necessitating surgical repair were filled with either cancellous autograft or interporous hydroxyapatite. Roentgenographic and clinical assessments at follow-up periods averaging 15.4 months (autograft) and 34.5 months (hydroxyapatite) demonstrated no significant differences in the two groups. Interporous hydroxyapatite is a safe, effective alternative to autogenous cancellous bone for the filling of metaphyseal defects associated with tibial plateau fractures.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Bucholz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carlton
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D017886:Durapatite; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D017886:Durapatite