title: Freeze-dried allograft versus autograft bone in scoliosis surgery. A retrospective comparative study.
abstract: Two groups of 36 patients who underwent posterior vertebral fusion for scoliosis were compared retrospectively; the postoperative follow-up was 2 years. Autogenous bone taken from the iliac crest was used in group A, whereas the patients in group B received freeze-dried allograft from our bone bank. There was no significant difference between the two groups in maintenance of the curve correction after the same delay, nor in incidence of complications. A reduction of blood loss or operating time, however, could not be demonstrated in our study.
authors.affiliation: University of Louvain, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Recht
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bayard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delloye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vincent
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005612:Freeze Drying; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult