A STUDY OF EFFICACY OF HETEROGENEOUS BONE GRAFTS (SURGIBONE) IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
M Balakrishnan1, D C Agarwal2, Suresh Kumar3
1Formerly Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Armed Forces Medical College, Military Hospital, Kirkee, Pune.
Medical Journal, Armed Forces India
|August 10, 2017
Abstract:
30 patients were operated upon using Surgibone (Bovine Xenograft) for purpose of providing osteogenic stimulation and mechanical support. Good to excellent results were obtained in 93% of cases highlighting the efficacy of this bone graft. Its use can hence circumvent the associated morbidity of bone graft harvest and yet perform as effectively as autologous bone graft. Its high cost, however, restricts its use to specialised centres and institutional practice.
