[A clinical evaluation of the outcome of a bone graft from the iliac crest]

The paper examine 40 cases of bone graft from the iliac crest used in maxillo-facial surgery. The immediate and late complications included pain with resulting difficulty of walking and, less frequently, hematoma, sensitivity disorders and dehiscence of the wound. Late complications were most frequently related to esthetic problems as well as a negligible number of persistent cases of difficult walking and neurological deficiencies. The results obtained were comparable to those most recently reported in the literature. The low incidence of immediate and late sequelae at the donor site and the characteristics of the bone graft confirm the suitability of iliac crest bone graft, in particular for use in reconstructive maxillo-facial surgery.