Allografts in Bone Healing: Biology and Clinical Applications
Series Editor: Glyn O Phillips (Research Transfer Ltd., UK)
This series is aimed directly at orthopaedic surgeons, who use or propose to
use musculoskeletal allografts in their clinical practice. It is not a subject
which comes naturally or easily to this group of clinicians, who seem to be
always overloaded with the day-to-day calls of surgical practice. Often, they
must rely on infrequent conference talks or specialist review articles for
their information. Consequently, it is a field riddled with myths and
inconsistencies.
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How are these grafts prepared? |
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Are they safe? |
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Which are most effective in promoting bone healing? |
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Does radiation used to sterilisation damage the bone or weaken the graft when used for structural purposes? |
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Which graft should be used for which procedure? |
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Are they free of viruses, particularly HIV? |
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What does sterility mean in relation to an allograft? |
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Do they retain any bone morphogenic protein after tissue bank processing? |
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What about their immunogenicity? |
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What are the growth factors which assist in the bone healing process? |
These are only few of the questions, which have been posed to me
during numerous training courses and workshops with orthopaedic
surgeons. This series aims to answer these questions and more and do
so in an accessible manner. It is a ready reference for any
orthopaedic surgeon or tissue banker involved in this work and will
point them to even more specialised papers for further detail.
This series* aims to describe clearly what grafts should be used, what
are the factors which influence their ability to promote bone healing
and details about the clinical effectiveness of the work carried out
up to this time.
The subject is developed stepwise, but each contribution is has been prepared by a specialist
who has direct experience in practical aspects of the subject.
*The contributions in this series are taken from various volumes in Advances in Tissue Banking series and Radiation and Tissue Banking.
To contribute to this book series, contact editor@worldscientific.com
Published titles
Vol. 1
Bone Biology and Healing
An Advances in Tissue Banking Specialist Publication
edited by Glyn O Phillips
Vol. 2
Bone Morphogenetic Protein and Collagen
An Advances in Tissue Banking Specialist Publication
edited by Glyn O Phillips
Vol. 3
Clinical Applications of Bone Allografts and Substitutes
Biology and Clinical Applications
edited by Glyn O Phillips
Forthcoming titles
Vol. 4
Allografts in Reconstruction
edited by Glyn O Phillips
Vol. 5
Bone Tumours and Prosthetic Composites
edited by Glyn O Phillips
