title: Recovery and banking: allograft bone.
abstract: Orthopedic surgeries often require bone grafts to replace lost bone. When using the patients own bone is not an option--by choice or dictated by the type or quantity of preferred graft material--bone from a tissue bank may be the answer. A call is made and the order is placed. However, bone grafts are not manufactured like metal implants; they were once a part of a living human being. This article explains the special role tissue banks perform in providing bone and connective tissue grafts.
authors: K C
authors: KC
authors: Justice
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing / Q000379:methods; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*