A bone graft transplants bone tissue. Surgeons use bone grafts to repair and rebuild diseased bones in your hips, knees, spine, and sometimes other bones and joints. Grafts can also repair bone loss caused by some types of fractures or cancers. Once your body accepts the bone graft, it provides a framework for growth of new, living bone.
If the transplanted bone comes from another person, it is called an allograft. Most allograft bone comes from donors who have died. Tissue banks screen these donors and disinfect and test the donated bone to make sure it is safe to use. If the transplanted bone comes from another part of your own body, it is called an autograft. Autograft bone often comes from your ribs, hips or a leg.
- Frequently Asked Questions about Tissue Transplants(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/tissueTransplantsFAQ.html
- Bone and Tissue Transplantation(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00115
- Bone Graft Alternatives(North American Spine Society) - Links to PDF - http://www.spine.org/Documents/bone_grafts_2006.pdf
- Bone Augmentation and Nerve Repositioning(Columbia University Medical Center, School of Dental & Oral Surgery) - http://www.simplestepsdental.com/SS/ihtSS/r.WSIHW000/st.32575/t.34985/pr.3.html
- Bone Grafting the Cleft Maxilla(Cleft Palate Foundation) - http://www.cleftline.org/publications/bonegrafting
- Nonunions(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00374
- Spinal Fusion(North American Spine Society) - Links to PDF - http://www.spine.org/Documents/fusion_2006.pdf
- Bone Sarcoma in the Upper Extremity: Treatment Options Using Limb Salvage or Amputation(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00092
- Keeping Human Tissue Transplants Safe(Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2005/305_tissue.html
- What Is the Risk of Disease Transmission with Bone Allografts?(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/infectioncontrol/faq/allografts.htm
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Bone Transplantation
(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/intervention=%22Bone+Transplantation%22
- Article: Use of allogeneic bone graft in maxillary reconstruction for installation... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18940502&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Unicondylar osteoarticular allografts of the knee. Surgical technique. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18829934&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Prophylactic bypass grafting and long-term bracing in the management of... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18829910&tool=MedlinePlus
- Bone Grafts -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=bone+transplantation[majr]+OR+((transplantation,autologous[mh]+OR+transplantation,homologous[mh])+AND+spinal+fusion[majr])+AND+humans[mh]+AND+english[la]+AND+(review[pt]+OR+guideline[pt]+OR+clinical+trial[pt]+OR+jsubsetk[text]+OR+jsubsetaim[text]+OR+jsubsetn[text]+OR+patient+education+handout[pt])+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt]+OR+case+reports[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
- Glossary of Orthopaedic Words(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/glossary.cfm
- Find an Orthopaedist(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) - http://www6.aaos.org/about/public/members.cfm
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - http://www.aaos.org/
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National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - http://www.niams.nih.gov/
Also available in Spanish http://www.niams.nih.gov/Portal_En_Espanol/
- Bone Diseases - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bonediseases.html
- Fractures - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fractures.html
- Organ Donation - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/organdonation.html
- Bones, Joints and Muscles - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bonesjointsandmuscles.html
- Transplantation and Donation - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/transplantationanddonation.html
The primary NIH organization for research on Bone Grafts is the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - http://www.niams.nih.gov/