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Lyophilised, irradiated bone allografts available for the first time in the country from the Tata Memorial Hospital Tissue Bank were used in 30 paediatric patients from January 2001 to August 2004. They included 20 patients of scoliosis of various origin and ten with assorted orthopaedic conditions including one congenital kyphosis, two Pott’s spine, one Perthes disease, one developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), one infective non-union, one fibrous dysplasia and three with bone defects either due to trauma, a cyst or removal of hardware. Morsellised allograft was used in 28 patients. In those␣cases of scoliosis in which ribs were resected out during costectomy, the morsellised allograft was␣mixed with morsellised rib autograft. Non-morsellised femoral head grafts were used in two patients, one a case of varus open derotation osteotomy in Perthes disease and the other an acetabuloplasty in DDH. Patients were followed at intervals of 8–12 weeks and radiological evaluation was done periodically. The follow up period ranged from 1 to 4 years post surgery. All patients with scoliosis showed excellent union at the grafting site with non-progression of curve and no signs of loosening at implant site. The two patients, in whom non-morsellised femoral head grafts were used, both showed incorporation of the graft with good fusion within a 4 month period. None of the patient had infection, non-union, pseudoarthrosis, fracture at the graft site, or any other complication.
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Johari, A., Shingade, V., Lobo Gajiwala, A. et al. The use of irradiated allograft in a paediatric population: an Indian experience. Cell Tissue Banking 8, 13–22 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10561-006-9001-4
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