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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826072603321

Titolo

Clinical applications of bone allografts and substitutes : biology and clinical applications / / editor, Glyn O. Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2005

ISBN

1-281-88127-9

9786611881276

981-270-111-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 pages)

Collana

Allografts in bone healing

Altri autori (Persone)

PhillipsGlyn O

Disciplina

617.4/710592

Soggetti

Bone-grafting

Bones - Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; 1 IAEA CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE RADIATION STERILISATION OF TISSUE ALLOGRAFTS: REQUIREMENTS FOR VALIDATION AND ROUTINE CONTROL; 2 PRESERVED BONE ALLOGRAFTS IN RECONSTRUCTIVE ORTHOPAEDICS; 3 CLINICAL STRATEGY FOR APPLICATION OF DEEP FROZEN-RADIATION STERILISED BONE ALLOGRAFTS; 4 CLINICAL RESULTS AND ORGANISATIONAL ASPECTS OF AUTOGENOUS AND ALLOGENOUS BONE GRAFTING IN THE TREATMENT OF 226 PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY OSSEOUS NEOPLASMS

5 NEW APPROACHES TO COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ALLOGENIC AND AUTOLOGOUS BONE TRANSPLANTS PROCURED IN VARIOUS WAYS; 6 THE USE OF FREEZE-DRIED MINERALISED AND DEMINERALISED BONE; 7 PRESERVED ALLOGENIC RIB CARTILAGE IN RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; 8 BONE SUBSTITUTES AND RELATED MATERIALS IN CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS

Sommario/riassunto

Although bone allografts were first utilized by McEwen in orthopaedic surgery in 1881, progress since then has been sporadic. With the growth of tissue banks and the greater availability of safe and sterile bone grafts, the pace has now quickened; in 2004, more than one million such grafts were used in the USA alone. However, the practice



generally remained a "cottage industry" well into the latter part of the 20th century. This volume provides an international expert evaluaton of the current use of bone, bone substitutes and related allografts, and describes up-to-date practices and clinical