title: The skull as a bone graft donor site.
abstract: Three techniques are described for obtaining bone grafts from the skull for the correction of craniofacial defects. The advantages over the traditional methods of obtaining bone grafts are discussed. A total of 64 patients have undergone reconstruction of deformities and defects resulting from congenital anomalies, acute trauma, sequelae of trauma, tumor resection, and radiotherapy. Apart from 1 case of wound infection, there have been no functional or cosmetic problems.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000637:transplantation*; D012886:Skull / Q000637:transplantation; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic