STUDY DESIGN Systematic review. OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this review was to evaluate clinical and radiographic outcomes in studies of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) using allograft versus ACDF with autograft, ACDF with cage devices, and cervical disc arthroplasty for the treatment of symptomatic cervical disc disease. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA ACDF remains the standard ...

background:   after cervical discectomy, autogenetic bone is packed into the cage to increase the rate of :union: between adjacent vertebral bodies, but donor site–related complications can still occur. in this study we evaluate the use   of hydroxyapatite granules as a substitute for autograft for interbody fusion.     methods:   from november 2008 to november 2011, 236 patients participated i...

Latar belakang: Autograft tulang digunakan pada operasi rekonstruksi kasus tumor tulang. Extracorporeal irradiation (ECI) pada tulang digunakan untuk membunuh sel tumor. Namun radiasi juga menimbulkan efek negatif terhadap osteoinduksi dan osteogenensis untuk inkorporasi autograft tulang. Penelitian ini bertujuan mempelajari pengaruh iradiasi dengan dosis 50-300 Gy terhadap kemampuan inkorporas...

Dilatation of the pulmonary autograft after the Ross procedure is a possible complication, necessitating aortic valve replacement. We present a case of a patient who developed pulmonary autograft dilatation and was treated successfully with valve-sparing aortic root reimplantation with a Valsalva graft.

AIM To study the efficacy and safety of amniotic membrane graft as an adjunctive therapy after removal of primary pterygium, and to compare the clinical outcome with conjunctival autograft and topical mitomycin C. METHODS 80 eyes of 71 patients with primary pterygia were treated with excision followed by amniotic membrane graft. The result was compared retrospectively with 56 eyes of 50 patie...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in nerve regeneration across the collagen guide channel in comparison with autograft. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty adult male rats (250-300 g) were randomized into (1) collagen channel+CSF, (2) collagen channel+normal saline (NS), (3) autograft, and (4) sham surgery groups. The left sciatic nerve was exposed and a...

OBJECTIVE To assess autograft, homograft and ventricular function, as well as exercise capacity, in adult patients who have undergone the Ross procedure. SETTING Single centre paediatric and adult congenital heart disease unit. Patients 45 subjects (24.6 years, range 16.9-52.2 years) who underwent the Ross procedure between 1994 and 2006 (8.1 years after the Ross operation, range 2.0-14.0 yea...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the osteointegration of a titanium (Ti) implant with the calcium phosphate cement (CPC) and autograft prostheses by pull-out test and histological examination. Stems of sixty Ti cylinders were bilaterally inserted into femoral medullary canals in 30 rabbits at the 1st, 4th, 12th, 26th and 70th postoperative weeks. The bone autograft and CPC were filled ...

BACKGROUND The treatment and rehabilitation procedures of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in elite soccer players are controversial. Points of debate include surgical timing, technique, graft choice, rehabilitation, and return-to-sport criteria and timing. PURPOSE To identify practice preferences among current Major League Soccer (MLS) team orthopaedic surgeons for ACL injuries. S...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical outcome of arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft versus allograft. METHODS Between May 2000 and June 2004, 172 patients undergoing arthroscopic bone-patellar tendon-bone ACL reconstruction were prospectively randomized into autograft (n = 86) or allograft (n = 86) grou...