title: USEFUL TECHNIQUE FOR ALLOGRAFT BONE HARVEST.
abstract: Although regarded as a gold standard, harvesting of autologous bone graft is associated with donor site morbidity and a number of complications. An alternative is allograft with limited availability as the main shortcoming. Femoral heads as allografts are now routinely obtained during total hip arthroplasty. A small but valuable amount of pure cancellous bone graft of high quality can be obtained in addition. An additional harvest site is the proximal metaphyseal region of femur. We present a simple, useful and inexpensive technique for one harvest that can be performed utilizing ordinary instruments.
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bićanić
authors.forename: Krešimir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Crnogaća
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aljinović
authors.forename: Iva Dumbović
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Dubravčić
authors.forename: Domagoj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Delimar
mesh_terms: D064591:Allografts; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*