Use of autologous bone grafting from the calcaneus and interconnected porous hydroxyapatite ceramic for bone transplantation in rheumatoid foot surgery

Cancellous bone grafts from the calcaneus have been used for the foot and ankle as well as iliac bone graft; however, there is a sparse report for calcaneal bone transplantation in the field of rheumatoid foot surgery. In this study, safety and usefulness of calcaneal bone grafts, and combination wi...

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Main Authors: Makoto Hirao, Kosuke Ebina, Yuki Etani, Hideki Tsuboi, Takaaki Noguchi, Shigeyoshi Tsuji, Jun Hashimoto, Hideki Yoshikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-06-01
Series:SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18784413