Donor site morbidity following the harvesting of cortical bone graft from the tibia in children |
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Authors: | Siddesh N. Dodabassappa Hitesh H. Shah Benjamin Joseph |
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Affiliation: | (1) Paediatric Orthopaedic Service, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, 576 104, India; |
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Abstract: | Introduction Since the nature of complications following the harvesting of bone from the tibia in children is not well documented in the literature, we undertook this study in order to determine the frequency and nature of donor site complications following the harvesting of large cortical strut grafts from the tibial diaphysis in children. |
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Keywords: | Autogenous bone graft Donor site morbidity Tibial bone graft Cortical bone graft |
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