title: Update on cranial bone grafts in craniofacial surgery.
abstract: A large series of cranial bone grafts performed during a 6-year period is presented. The types of grafts are discussed and the techniques of taking the grafts are described. The complications have been few. Full-thickness skull penetration occasionally occurs but should not be a cause for concern. The skull has gradually become our main bone graft donor site.
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012886:Skull; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*