Summary
Traumatic bone loss is often the result of injuries such as: missiles (either high or low velocity) or motor vehicle accidents (MVA).
These types of injuries are often associated with major bone loss, soft tissue damage, and frequently also injury to the neurovascular bundle. Early reconstruction of the bone deficits by massive bone allografts, offers immediate stabilization by a bony scaffold, allowing early rehabilitation and resumption of function.
The indications, prerequisites, technique and illustrative cases are presented and discussed.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Amato JJ (1971) High velocity arterial injury: a study of the mechanism of injury. J Trauma 11: 142 – 146
Celavland M, Manning J (1951) Care of battle casualties and injuries involving bone and joints. J Bone Joint Surg 33A: 517 – 523
De Muth WE Jr (1966) Bullet velocity and designs as determinants of wounding capability: an experimental study. J Trauma 6: 226 – 228
Hennessy M, Banks HH (1976) Extremity gunshot wounds and gunshot fractures in civilian practice. Clin Orthop 114: 296 – 303
Patzakis MJ, Harvey JP (1974) The role of antibiotics in the management of open fractures. J Bone Joint Surg 56A: 532 – 537
Robins W, Kuswetter W (1982) Fracture typing of human bone by assault missile trauma. Acta Chir Scand [Suppl] 508: 233 – 227
Russotti GM, Sim FH (1985) Missile wounds of the extremities: a current concept review. Orthopedics 8: 1106 – 1110
Rybeck B, Janzon B (1985) Absorption of missile energy in soft tissue. Acta Chir Scand 142: 201 – 205
Salai M (1990) Massive bone allograft: a salvage procedure for complex bone loss due to high-velocity missiles—A long-term follow-up. Mil Med 155, 7: 316 – 318
Standford JP, Evans JR (1957) An experiment evaluation of usefulness of antibiotic agents in the early management of contaminated traumatic soft tissue wounds. Surg Gynecol Obst 105: 5 – 10
Thoresby FP, Darlow HH (1967) The mechanism of primary infection of bullet wounds. Br J Surg 54: 359 – 363
Ziperman HH (1961) The management of soft tissue missile wounds in war and peace. J Trauma 1: 361 – 366
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1996 Springer-Verlag/Wien
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Salai, M., Amit, Y., Velkkes, S., Horosowski, H. (1996). The Role of Massive Bone Allografts in Traumatic Bone Loss. In: Czitrom, A.A., Winkler, H. (eds) Orthopaedic Allograft Surgery. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6885-1_25
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6885-1_25
Publisher Name: Springer, Vienna
Print ISBN: 978-3-7091-7423-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-7091-6885-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive