The treatment of delayed unions, malunions, and nonunions requires restoration of
alignment, stable fixation, and in many cases adjunctive measures such as bone-grafting or …

Replacement of extensive local bone loss is a significant clinical challenge. There are a
variety of techniques available to the surgeon to manage this problem, each with their own …

Calcium phosphate (CaP) compounds are becoming of increasingly great importance in the
fiel of biomaterials and, in particular, as bone substitutes. Recent discoveries have …

Orthopaedic trauma surgery requires the regular use of bone grafts to help provide timely
healing of musculoskeletal injuries. The iliac crest autologous graft remains the gold …

The large number of orthopedic procedures performed each year, including many performed
arthroscopically, have led to great interest in injectable biodegradable materials for …

Autogenous cancellous bone is widely regarded as an ideal construct for graft procedures,
supplying osteoinductive growth factors, osteogenic cells, and a structural scaffold …

We reviewed 59 bone graft substitutes marketed by 17 companies currently available for
implantation in the United Kingdom, with the aim of assessing the peer-reviewed literature to …

In early 1980s, researchers discovered self-setting calcium orthophosphate cements, which
are a bioactive and biodegradable grafting material in the form of a powder and a liquid …

Bone grafts are necessary to provide support, fill voids, and enhance biologic repair of
skeletal defects. They are used by orthopaedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, craniofacial …

Autogenous bone is regarded as the gold standard for bone graft materials as it provides 3
elements necessary to generate and maintain bone: scaffolding for osteoconduction, growth …