Minimally Invasive Cancellous Bone Graft Harvesting in Trauma Indication - Experimental Part of the Study

Abstract

Our experimental study presents a set of bone grafts harvested by a minimally invasive procedure from selected deceased donors. Our objective was to compare the concentration of red bone marrow in the cancellous bone harvested in this way from selected regions with the reference harvesting from the iliac crest.

Thus, the potential of grafts to heal complicated fractures or non-unions is assessed.

Keywords

• bone marrow
• stem cells
• bone healing/orthobiologics
• new technology assessment
• autograft harvesting