Abstract

Bone grafting was established in the 19th century and has become a common procedure in which bone defects are filled with bone grafts or bone graft substitutes. Bone defects that require bone grafting are encountered in approximately 10% of trauma and orthopaedic surgeries 1. A broad range of different bone grafts or bone graft substitutes have been developed during the past fifty years. All these bone grafts or bone graft substitutes have their strengths and weaknesses, confronting each surgeon with the difficult task to select the most suitable bone graft or bone graft substitute for each trauma and orthopaedic surgical procedure that requires bone grafting.

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H.H. Weinans (Harrie) , J.A.N. Verhaar (Jan) , P. Patka (Peter)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
The printing of this thesis was financially supported by: Erasmus MC, afdeling Orthopaedie Erasmus MC, Nederlandse Orthopaedische Vereniging, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Traumachirurgie, Annafonds, 2Move-Implants BV - Implants for life, 3D Systems - Layerwise NV, Chipsoft BV, Link & Lima Nederland, Livit Orthopedie, Orthopedie Centrum Rotterdam.
hdl.handle.net/1765/78142
Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam

van der Stok, J. (2015, May 20). Bone Graft Substitutes. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/78142