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ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2017

Persistence of bone voids after calcaneal bone-graft harvest.

Eugene C Nwankwo, Jerry S Grimes

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Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Eugene C NwankwoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Jerry S GrimesDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.

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Abstract

objectivesThe complications associated with iliac crest bone-graft harvest have resulted in the development of alternative harvest sites. Lower extremity alternative sites that have been reported for foot and ankle procedures include greater trochanter, proximal tibia, distal tibia, and calcaneus. These sites have been studied in terms of complications, postoperative pain, and quality of the harvested bone. The long-term effect of the harvest on the bone of the calcaneus has not been reported.

methodsCase report on incidental CT imaging 4 years after bone graft harvest from the calcaneus.

resultsThis case demonstrates the failure of the calcaneal trabecular bone to regenerate after harvesting cancellous bone graft for foot fusion procedure.

conclusionsThe calcaneal graft site should not be used for a repeat bone-graft harvest without advanced imaging to confirm reconstitution of the harvest bed.

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bonecalcanealcystFootgraftvoid

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PMID29152301
PMCPMC5680936

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