title: [Bone allografts and the functions of bone banks].
abstract: The use of bone grafts is a common practice in musculoskeletal surgery to provide mechanical stability where there is a defect and it allows skeletal reconstruction. Classically auto and allografts have been used. The latter are the choice in large, complex defects. Allografts can be transplanted despite cell death, have osteoconduction and osteoinduction capacity, low antigenicity and biomechanical properties similar to the original bone. They can be obtained from living and death donors. They are stored by cryopreservation and lyophilization in entities called bone banks. This is a review about bone allografts and the organization and function of the bone banks.
authors: Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana-Universidad Del Desarrollo, Universidad de los Andes, Chile. rcalvo@alemana.cl
authors: Rafael
authors: R
authors: Calvo
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Figueroa
authors: Claudio
authors: C
authors: Díaz-Ledezma
authors: Alex
authors: A
authors: Vaisman
authors: Francisco
authors: F
authors: Figueroa
mesh_terms: D018586:Bone Banks / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology; D001842:Bone and Bones; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous