title: The femur: a good alternative source of bone graft using a new reamer system when options run out.
abstract: Following a post-traumatic incident, orthopaedic surgeons often struggle to look for an abundant source of alternative bone graft because the bone defect is too big or when nonunion is refractory to treatment. We present two cases where the patients' bone grafts were harvested from the healthy femur. This process involved the use of a new intramedullary reamer, which allowed the bone graft to be harvested simultaneously during the reaming process.
authors: Trauma Service, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore.
authors: Merng Koon
authors: MK
authors: Wong
authors: Mun Hon
authors: MH
authors: Low
authors: Ren
authors: R
authors: Yong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D005269:Femur / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods