Open AccessAugmentation of bone healing in delayed and atrophic nonunion of fractures of long bones by partially decalcified bone allograft (decal bone)
Author(s) -
Anuj Jain,
Sudhir Kumar,
Aditya Aggarwal,
Nitesh Jajodia
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.168764
Subject(s) - medicine , nonunion , bone healing , bone decalcification , dentistry , surgery
Autograft from iliac crest is considered as gold standard for augmentation of bone healing in delayed and nonunion of fractures. Bone demineralized with 0.6N hydrochloric acid has shown to retain its osteoinductive capacity. We report the outcome of partially decalcified bone allograft (decal bone) in the treatment of delayed union and atrophic nonunions of bones.