New concepts in bone grafting

The authors review the diagnostic and surgical imaging aspects of a number of recent bone grafting procedures in the orthopaedic management of various osseous and articular disorders. They discuss several innovative new approaches to bone grafting as well as the use of a variety of bone grafting substitute materials. They discuss the three types of bone graft available for orthopaedic reconstruction; autograft, allograft or homograft and xenograft or heterograft. They stress that an awareness of the radiographic features of each of the various bone grafting techniques is important to the physician dealing with musculoskeletal disorders in determining the results of his efforts.