Bone Grafting

Harnessing Healing Potential

The gold standard among bone grafting materials remains the use of the patients own healthy bone tissue (autograft). Generally this bone is harvested from the patients hip bone (the iliac crest) and delivered to the surgical site. Autografts are considered to be osteogenic, osteoinductive, and osteoconductive.

However, procurement of the autografts comes with a price

Significantly increases patient morbidity
Not all patients are suitable for autografts
- Limited availability of suitable harvest sites
- Patient age and health
Approximately 30% of patients report chronic hip pain following the graft harvest
Donor site complications slow or delay patient mobilization and rehabilitation
Can increase hospital length of stay and associated healthcare costs

Consequently, there has been a real impetus to develop alternatives that replicate autograft's performance while reducing or eliminating the associated complications.