title: The clinical applications of demineralised bone powder (DBP)-induced osteoneogenesis.
abstract: New bone tissue can be induced anywhere in the animal organism, i.e. even at a site distant from actual bone, by the implantation of demineralised bone powder (DBP). Basic implantation experiments were first carried out and tested in the rat (Bettex-Galland 1985). The results led us to use the experience gained to treat four patients with bone defects with DBP (one bone cyst, and 3 chronic skull defects). The DBP used was prepared aseptically from fresh cadaver bone. The results were assessed by means of x-ray films and/or CT-scan, and the preliminary evaluation is encouraging.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000601:surgery; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000601:surgery; D005612:Freeze Drying; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000601:surgery; D011208:Powders; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D011208:Powders