title: The boiled-egg technique: a new method for obtaining femoral head autograft used in acetabular defect reconstruction.
abstract: Primary total hip arthroplasty can be complicated by acetabular bony defects, threatening the biomechanical integrity of the prosthesis. Traditionally, when autologous bone is used to pack these defects, it is obtained from thin slices of femoral head in addition to acetabular reamings. We report a novel technique for the acquisition of autologous femoral head bone graft used in the reconstruction of acetabular defects during primary total hip arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Borders General Hospital, Melrose, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Vittoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bucknall
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehdi
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000601:surgery*; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D064592:Autografts; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005270:Femur Head / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: acetabular defect; autologous; bone graft; femoral head; total hip arthroplasty