Obtención y utilización de injertos óseos de donantes vivos

Abstract

Obtaining and use of bony grafts in alive donors.Bone allografts in trauma and orthopedic surgery, are everytime more used in procedures wich improve the life state of the patients. The Banco Huesos of the Hospital Alemán of Buenos Aires, Argentina, authorized by the Instituto Nacional Central Único Coordinador de Ablación e Implante since 2003 for its following work procedures of national and international standards. The procedures correspondingly for donor selection, femoral head, procurement, processing, controls of pathology, microbiology, methods of sterilitation and storage. With the described methods the microbiology results, both of procurement and processing tested negative for bacteriae, micobacteriae and fungi. Bioburden results likewise resulted negative. The forementioned results encourage to continue with the procedures used which allow to obtain safe and high quality allografts according to regulations. Thus can be offered to the patients the highest standards of quality and safety presently available.

Keywords: Bone banks. Allografts. Homologous transplantation.