title: Treatment of large segmental bone defects with reamer-irrigator-aspirator bone graft: technique and case series.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Clinics of Daytona Beach, 1075 Mason Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL 32117, USA.
authors.forename: Todd A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: McCall
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Brokaw
authors.forename: Bradley A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Jelen
authors.forename: D Kevin
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Scheid
authors.forename: Angela V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Scharfenberger
authors.forename: Dean C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Maar
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Melanie R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Shipps
authors.forename: Marcus B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Musapatika
authors.forename: Timothy G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: 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*