Previous authors reporting on the morbidity of iliac crest bone graft harvest have reported overall complication rates up to 49%. [1,2,3,4] ...

PHILADELPHIA — Few studies have examined bone graft harvest site complications, but a new prospective study has now identified a relatively high rate of persistent pain and morbidity after iliac ...

Use of iliac crest bone grafts for spinal fusions led to increased length of hospital stay, increased postoperative blood transfusions and extended operative times, according to study findings.

A new technique using the pubic bone as a source of bone for grafting may avoid the complications of harvesting bone from the iliac crest, or "hip bone," according to a report in the November ...

Iliac crest graft is widely accepted as the best bone graft available for fusion and we are able to obtain it through a minimal incision which is driving our success.” ...

The iliac crest, which is rich in cancellous, cortical and corticocancellous bone stock and the osteocompetent cells necessary for optimal bone fusion, is a common donor site for bone grafts. Avulsion ...

BALTIMORE -- A Medicare advisory committee has voted that there is not enough evidence to warrant off-label use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein, or BMP, for bone surgery.

The system permits users to see bone graft harvests in real-time, ... The company pioneered percutaneous access to iliac crest harvesting for spine surgery, ...

Cite this: Iliac Crest Autogenous Bone Grafting: Donor Site Complications - Medscape - Jun 01, 2000. Abstract and Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results; Arterial Injury; Ureteral Injury; ...

A new technique using the pubic bone as a source of bone for grafting may avoid the complications of harvesting bone from the iliac crest, or hip bone, according to a report.