RIA: One Community’s Experience
The Reamer Irrigator Aspirator (RIA) has three main indications in our community trauma practice. The most common indication for RIA is harvesting of autololgous bone graft from the femur for…
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Autologous Bone Graft: When Shall We Add Growth Factors?
Although the unquestionable value of autologous bone grafting and the analogous value of the reaming by-products in nonunion treatment have been mentioned extensively in the literature, there is ongoing vivid…
The Concept of Induced Membrane for Reconstruction of Long Bone Defects
Clinical, experimental, and fundamental studies have shown the interest of a foreign body-induced membrane to promote the consolidation of a conventional cancellous bone autograft for reconstruction of long bone defects….
Autograft and Nonunions: Morbidity with Intramedullary Bone Graft versus Iliac Crest Bone Graft
This article focuses on comparing patient morbidity with harvesting bone graft for the treatment of nonunions from three different sites. Anterior iliac crest graft is the most commonly used site;…
Treatment of Large Segmental Bone Defects with Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator Bone Graft: Technique and Case Series
Treatment of large segmental defects using conventional autogenous iliac crest bone graft can be limited by volume of cancellous bone and donor site morbidity. The reamer-irrigator-aspirator (RIA) technique allows access…
Clinical Use of Resorbable Polymeric Membranes in the Treatment of Bone Defects
The reconstruction of large bone defects remains a clinically challenging condition. Although many treatment approaches exist, they all have limitations. Recently, bioresorbable polylactide membranes have become commercially available. These membranes,…
Biological Rationale for the Intramedullary Canal as a Source of Autograft Material
Bone harvested by intramedullary reaming offers a minimally invasive alternative to harvesting bone from the iliac crest, which has long been considered the gold standard for autogenous bone grafting. The…
Use of Solid and Cancellous Autologous Bone Graft for Fractures and Nonunions
Bone is the second most commonly implanted material in the human body, after blood transfusion, with an estimated 600,000 grafts performed annually. Although the market for bone graft substitutes is…
Use of the Induced Membrane Technique for Bone Tissue Engineering Purposes: Animal Studies
Animal experiments using the induced membrane procedure for bone tissue engineering purposes have provided evidence that the membrane has structural characteristics and biologic properties that may be used for bone…
Viable Bone and Circulatory Factors Required for Survival of Bone Grafts
The healing of fractures and nonunions has significant science background to it; however, the application of the products in the surgeon’s hands should be considered an art in the science…
