CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF CELL-FUNCTION IN OSTEOGENESIS - REAPPRAISAL OF BONE-GRAFT SURGERY

Abstract

Although fresh human cancellous bone autografts are apparently the best material for clinical bone grafting, there are times when it is insufficient, or undesirable to use this source, for the bone replacement required. There is a need for a bone bank. On the basis of printed reports, clinical observation, and experimental studies, bone formation can apparently be stimulated and controlled using easily prepared and stored bone-bank materials in combination with living cells from the recipient requiring bone formation.