femoral head allograft
Despite evidence that processing these grafts to remove blood and marrow elements improves both the clinical performance and safety of these allografts many are transplanted without any processing being applied at all. What are the Sources of Allografts. Intracapsular Fracture Of Femoral Neck Fracture Healing Neck Fracture Musculoskeletal System The femoral head allograft is used for resurfacing cartilage defects with mature hyaline cartilage. . It has been well-documented in published studies that larger grafts at this site increase the risk of complications. The shaft of the allograft was used to mortise into the femoral shaft and the convex mushroom-like component was used to fill the defect in the humeral head. The Allograft OATS donor harvester with a collared guide pin is attached to the drill passed into the proximal graft housing and rested on the grafts surface. The major and minor tubercle were closed over the gr...