Bone grafting
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Bone grafting is a surgical procedure that replaces missing bone with material from the patient's own body, an artificial, synthetic, or natural substitute. Bone grafting is used to repair bone fractures that are extremely complex, pose a significant risk to the patient, or fail to heal properly.
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Autologous bone is typically harvested from the iliac crest of the pelvis.
Allograft bone from cadavers or live donors may also be used. Allograft is typically sourced from a bone bank.
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Types of Transplants: Allograft - Alloplant - Allotransplantation - Autotransplantation - Xenotransplantation
Tissue and Organs Transplanted: Organ transplant - Bone grafting - Bone marrow - Corneal - Face - Hand - Heart - Heart-Lung - Kidney - Liver - Lung - Pancreas - Penis - Skin grafting - Spleen - Uterus
Related issues: Cellular memory - Biomedical tissue - Edmonton protocol - Eye bank - Graft-versus-host disease - Immunosuppressive drugs - Islet cell transplantation - Living donor liver transplantation - Lung allocation score - Machine perfusion - Medical grafting - Non-heart beating donation - Organ donation - Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder - Total body irradiation - Transplant rejection
Organizations related to Transplants: Human Tissue Authority - National Marrow Donor Program - United Network for Organ Sharing
People related to transplants: Christiaan Barnard - Isabelle Dinoire - Jean-Michel Dubernard - Gregory Scott Johnson - List of notable organ transplant donors and recipients
