title: Bone and tissue allograft use by orthopaedic surgeons.
abstract: The purpose of our study was to determine the involvement of orthopaedic surgeons in the process of acquiring allografts they transplant. A questionnaire regarding allograft acquisition and use was directed to 340 hospitals. In approximately 85% of the institutions, nonorthopaedic personnel selected and acquired the allografts. In most, those responsible for providing surgeons with allografts had little or no knowledge of the practices of tissue banking and allograft transplantation biology. In about 15% of the hospitals, the surgeon was involved in the selection of the source of allografts. It is imperative that orthopaedic surgeons who transplant bone and tissue allografts become actively involved in determining the source and processing of tissue transplants they place in their patients.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Institute at Mercy, Mercy Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Carlos J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lavernia
authors.forename: Theodore I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Malinin
authors.forename: H Thomas
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Temple
authors.forename: Carlos E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Moreyra
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014015:Tissue Banks; D016378:Tissue Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States