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Natural Sources of Bone Grafts

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An ideal bone graft should provide osteoinduction, osteoconduction, and osteogenesis. The best bone graft incorporation occurs with autogenous bone grafts. The iliac crest, distal radius, greater trochanter, proximal tibia, fibula, and ribs can be used as natural bone graft sources. A possible alternative for harvesting huge volume of graft is bone marrow. The most common complication related to graft harvesting is donor site morbidity such as pain, infection, and fracture. The orthopaedic surgeon should be aware of not only the indications and techniques but also complications of each site.

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  1. Departments of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Emrah Caliskan

  2. Departments of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Marmara University Pendik Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Bulent Erol

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  1. NH Narayana Superspeciality and Multispeciality Hospitals, Howrah, West Bengal, India

    Arindam Banerjee

  2. Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Peter Biberthaler

  3. Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India

    Saseendar Shanmugasundaram

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    Ujjwal Kanti Debnath

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Caliskan, E., Erol, B. (2023). Natural Sources of Bone Grafts. In: Banerjee, A., Biberthaler, P., Shanmugasundaram, S. (eds) Handbook of Orthopaedic Trauma Implantology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7540-0_23

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