title: Allografts in orthopedic surgery: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Recent advances in orthopedic surgery have reawakened interest in the use of osteochondral allografts. A case is presented of a 32-year-old man who was spared a hemipelvectomy for a huge chondrosarcoma of the pelvis by receiving a massive pelvic allograft. This is apparently the first report of such a procedure being performed in Canada. A history of allografting as well as the fate and immunologic aspects of bone grafts are presented. Bone-banking procedures and the clinical application of allografts in 1986 are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D005612:Freeze Drying; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000637:transplantation*; D011859:Radiography; D014015:Tissue Banks; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods; D014181:Transplantation Immunology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014945:Wound Healing