Calvarial bone graft harvest in children

Bone grafts are occasionally required in the reconstruction of bony defects in the pediatric population. Strong recommendations have existed in the past toward the use of principally inner table bone grafts in children. In this retrospective series with an upper age limit of 14 years, outer table calvarial bone grafts were used as the material of choice for bony reconstructions. There were no complications relative to the outer table graft harvest in any of these 12 patients. Discussion of harvest techniques in different pediatric age groups will be reviewed.