Traditional bone-patellar tendon-bone and hamstring tendon ACL grafts are not without limitations. A growing body of anatomic, biomechanical and clinical data has demonstrated the utility of ...

Bone is the most transplanted tissue after blood but bone banks are constantly short of donors, with only 10 per cent of people who have hip replacements opting-in to donate.

Traditionally, doctors use either a patient's own bone (autograft) or donor bone (allograft) to fill these gaps. However, these methods come with challenges, including a limited supply ...

Bone grafts can be either taken from the patient’s own body (an autograft), from a donor’s body (allograft) or are engineered (ie a synthetic material). An autograft introduces the patient’s own ...

A study of NCAA Division I football players revealed persistent atrophy in the quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles 2 years ...

marking a significant milestone in the advancement of bone graft technology. OsteoFlo HydroFiber is now recognized as a stand-alone solution, equivalent to autograft for spine surgeries ...

This systematic review has demonstrated excellent clinical outcomes (pain, strength, motion, and stability) after surgical treatment (repair and autograft reconstruction) of both acute and chronic ...

The first option for a bone graft is the patient's own bone, known as an autograft, but he said there was a finite level of auto graft because you need most of your bone for your own body.