Decalcified bone grafts in the horse.
The need for early postoperative weight bearing following fracture repair in the horse has led to investigation of various means of expediting the healing process. Bone grafting represents one means of accomplishing this, and the transplantation of autologous tissues has proven to be most useful in equine orthopedics. Acid-decalcified, frozen, allogeneic bone for grafting is easy to prepare, readily contoured, osteogenic, and elicits no obvious immune or rejection response. The most compelling reason for the use of the substance is the elimination of the need of a harvesting operation on a patient already undergoing extensive surgery for the restitution of skeletal integrity.
D000818:Animals; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology; D003648:Decalcification Technique; D006736:Horses / Q000601:surgery*