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New bone formation in autologous membranous bone transplanted into the anterior abdominal wall

the problem of bone grafting in craniofacial reconstruction has been widely discussed in the literature.Membranous bone grafts are of superior quality thaan endochondral ones, as evidenced clinically and in several animal models, such as rabbits, dogs and monkeys.Apart from Peer observation that a membranous bone graft, unlike an endochondral graft, maintains its volume in soft tissue, there are no current data, to our knowledge, on the fate of human membranous bone depozited in soft tissue.This paper reports on a membranous bone transplant found incidentally in the anterior abdominal wall of an 82-year-old man.Histologic and bone mineral content analyses revealed that the membranous bone graft underwent little resorption and induced new bone formation.

bone formation ; membranous bone transplant

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