Tibial autogenous cancellous bone as an alternative donor site in maxillofacial surgery: A preliminary report

Proximal tibial bone graft: the volume of cancellous bone, and strength of decancellated tibias by the medial approach

“…Previous studies using the lateral approach to harvest bone graft from the proximal tibia found that the non-compressed volume was 5-42 ml 3,9,10,14,21 and compressed cancellous bone was 3.5-15 ml 4,9,14 . For the medial approach, previous studies showed the volume of non-compressed bone grafts ranged from 14 to 40 ml 6,7,20 and from 12 to 35 ml for the compressed bone volume 5,7,12 , which are higher than those of the present study.…”

“…Bone grafts harvested from the proximal tibia are commonly used in oral and maxillofacial surgery for filling the osteotomied gap in orthognathic surgery, alveolar cleft bone grafting, alveolar ridge augmentation, maxillary sinus grafting and other maxillomandibular reconstruction 3,5,9,20 . The type of bone graft derived from the proximal tibia is cancellous, not a corticocancellous block.…”

“…CATONE et al 3 reported the use of the proximal tibial metaphysis as cancellous bone graft in orthognathic surgery, the alveolar cleft, preprosthetic surgery and major jaw reconstruction. Several studies reported a complication rate of 1-4% 3,7,11,12,14,16,20,22 from harvesting proximal tibia, which is less than the iliac bone harvesting rate. Proximal tibia harvesting also requires less operating time, is easy to perform 16 and has less gait disturbance when compared to iliac bone harvesting 10 .…”

Local Intraoral Autologous Bone Harvesting for Dental Implant Treatment: Alternative Sources and Criteria of Choice

“…Typical donor sites are the anterior and posterior iliac crest, the rib, 5 and the tibia. 21,22 However, endochondral bone grafts are associated with delayed, sometimes dramatic resorption 10 and the associated implant success rates range 25-86%. 1 0, 2 3 -2 5 As a consequence, intramembranous bone tends to be more preferred in craniofacial reconstructions, again with or without implant placement.…”

Autogenous bone grafting from proximal tibia in elective foot and ankle surgery

“…Autogenous bone is well known for its osteoconductive and osteoinductive properties [3]. The most common donor site for autogenous bone grafting is the iliac crest, but this site is well known for its high morbidity rate [4].…”