A novel technique of harvesting cortical bone grafts during orthopaedic surgeries

Novel technique for passing tendon grafts through bone tunnels.

Anatomic reconstruction in orthopedic surgery often requires the passage of soft tissue through bone tunnels. Difficulties may arise due to anatomic constraints surrounding the bone tunnels or the graft size. The authors present a novel technique for passing tendon grafts through bone tunnels that is simple, readily available, effective, and comparatively inexpensive.

Bone graft harvesting: a percutaneous technique.

Opening wedge high tibial osteotomy: a novel technique for harvesting autograft bone.

High tibial osteotomy can provide 10 to 15 years of consistent pain relief and improved function for most patients with unicompartmental knee arthritis. However, some studies have reported less predictable results, with deteriorating survivorship after 10 years of follow-up. Therefore, it is paramount to carefully select patients and to understand that technical errors during surgery often lead...

Improved osteoconduction of cortical bone grafts by biodegradable foam coating.

Alteration of the geometrical surface configuration of cortical bone allografts may improve incorporation into host bone. A porous biodegradable coating that would maintain immediate structural recovery and subsequently allow normal graft healing and remodeling by promoting bony ingrowth could provide an osteoconductive surface scaffold. We investigated the feasibility of augmenting cortical bo...

Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament:a comparison between bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts and four-strand hamstring grafts

  Background :Disruption of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a common ligamentous injury of the knee. The choice of graft for (ACL) reconstruction remains controversial. This prospective, randomized clinical trial aimed to compare clinical results of bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) grafts and four-strand semitendinosus-gracilis (ST) grafts for ACL reconstruction over a 3-year follow-up inte...