title: Regional program for bone allograft harvesting following multiorgan procurement in Pomeranian Academy of Medicine in Szczecin.
abstract: In Poland, up to 1999, the bones for allograft preparations had been procured only in mortuaries of forensic medicine departments. The increasing demand for bone transplantations greatly exceeds the supply resulting in a long waiting time for bone allografts. In November 1999, for the first time in Poland, the group of orthopedic surgeons from the Pomeranian Academy of Medicine started the regional program for bone harvesting following vascularized organ procurements. The aim of this paper is to present the technical details and limitations of bone harvesting that occurred in 10 out of 25 multiorgan procurements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Pomeranian Academy of Medicine, Szczecin, Poland; Author for correspondence (Tel.: +48 602 643 565; Fax: +48 91 4821706).
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bohatyrewicz
authors.forename: Romuald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bohatyrewicz
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mazur
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bialecki
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Larysz
authors.forename: Michal
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authors.lastname: Kedzierski
authors.forename: Anna
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authors.lastname: Dziedzic-Goclawska