Treatment of large segmental bone defects with reamer-irrigator-aspirator bone graft: technique and case series.
Treatment of large segmental defects using conventional autogenous iliac crest bone graft can be limited by volume of cancellous bone and donor site morbidity. The reamer-irrigator-aspirator (RIA) technique allows access to a large volume of cancellous bone graft containing growth factors with potency equal to or greater than autograft material from the iliac crest. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of RIA-harvested autogenous bone graft for treating large segmental defects of long bones.
McCall
Todd A
TA
Orthopedic Clinics of Daytona Beach, 1075 Mason Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL 32117, USA.
Brokaw
David S
DS
Jelen
Bradley A
BA
Scheid
D Kevin
DK
Scharfenberger
Angela V
AV
Maar
Dean C
DC
Green
James M
JM
Shipps
Melanie R
MR
Stone
Marcus B
MB
Musapatika
Dana
D
Weber
Timothy G
TG
D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000295:instrumentation*