INTRODUCTION Reconstructive septorhinoplasty in complex nasal deformities often requires harvesting a large amount of tissue for grafting. Autogenous septal cartilage has generally been considered the gold standard grafting material. The aim of this paper was to report our experience with the use of costal cartilage grafts in cases with significant structural deformities and insufficient septal...

PURPOSE To review the functional and radiological results of patients after coracoclavicular ligament reconstruction. METHODS Five patients aged 21 to 50 (mean, 37) years with acute Rockwood type-III acromioclavicular dislocation underwent coracoclavicular ligament reconstruction with autogenous gracilis tendon grafts. Patients were either active in sports or heavy manual workers. Assessments...

The effect of implanting autogenous and xenogenous (Bio-Oss) bone transplants into metabolically active sites within beagle dog mandibles during permanent premolar tooth eruption was examined. Ten 14-week-old beagles were used. Before commencing the radiographic experiments, metal bone markers were placed in the caudal margin of the mandible at the age of 10 weeks. The deciduous first and third...

PURPOSE This prospective, controlled split-mouth study evaluated the stability of dental implants placed in the augmented mandibular areas with alveolar segmental "sandwich" osteotomies using nonceramic hydroxyapatite (ncHA) or autogenous bone. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study included 11 bilaterally partially edentulous mandibular patients in a split-mouth design. Alveolar augmentation osteot...

PURPOSE To evaluate the long-term outcome following use of osteochondral autografts for the treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral condyle. METHODS Clinical, radiographic and arthroscopic findings were evaluated at follow-up. Patients were 14 women and 2 men, with a mean age of 64.9 years (range, 58-74 years). The osteochondral lesion was equivalent to Lotke 1-B in 12 knees, and was equiva...

The arterial grafts currently in use are classified into five basic categories; 10 different commercially available prostheses were chosen to represent these categories. The Vascutek and Bionit are made from knitted Dacron and have medium porosity, requiring preclotting by the surgeon. The DeBakey Soft Woven and Plasma TFE grafts are made from woven Dacron and have low porosity, not requiring p...

GIANT-CELL tumours of bone may be malignant from the onset or malignancy may develop during treatment. They are, therefore, best treated by complete excision where this is surgically possible, with bone grafting of the resultant defect. A patient presented with an osteoclastoma of the lower end of the radius, which was completely excised and replaced by an autogenous fibula graft. The successfu...