Lengthening of Massive Intercalary Cortical Allograft After Successful Graft Incorporation in Skeletally Immature Bone with Critical-Sized Defect: A Case Report with 6-year Follow-up

• Main Authors: Ferdiansyah Mahyudin, -, Kukuh Dwiputra Hernugrahanto, -, Jefry Andrianus, -, Lukas Widhiyanto, -, Mouli Edward, -, Heri Suroto, -
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RD701-811 Orthopedic surgery
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/107920/1/2.%20Lengthening%20of%20Massive%20Intercalary.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/107920/2/%2818%25%29%20Lengthening%20of%20Massive%20Intercalary%20Cortical%20Allograft%20After%20Successful%20Graft%20Incorporation%20in%20Skeletally%20Immature%20Bone%20with%20Critical%E2%80%91Sized%20Defect_%20A%20Case%20Report%20with%206%E2%80%91year%20Follow%E2%80%91up.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/107920/3/Reviewer%20C-5.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/107920/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43465-020-00087-6; https://doi.org/10.1007/s43465-020-00087-6
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Bone allograft serves as an alternative to overcome the limitation of autograft. Some concerns, such as graft rejection, infection, and low union rate, arise from the use of bone allograft since the graft is a non-living and foreign material. We reported a case of critical-sized bone defect in a ske...