title: Massive autogenous bone grafts.
abstract: Autogenous bone graft is the best biologic material available to repair a skeletal defect. These necrotic grafts are revascularized and repaired through creeping substitution to provide an almost identical structure for the one it replaced. There is a limited supply of autogenous bone, but it is the standard against which other methods should be measured.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001862:Bone Resorption; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology; D005269:Femur / Q000601:surgery; D005360:Fibula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation; D006811:Humerus / Q000601:surgery; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000502:physiology; D010012:Osteogenesis; D011859:Radiography; D011884:Radius / Q000601:surgery; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous