Complication and Infection Risk Using Bone Substitute Materials to Treat Long Bone Defects in Geriatric Patients: An Observational Study.

ABSTRACT: Background and Objectives: he treatment of large bone defects in geriatric patients often presents a major surgical challenge because of age-related bone loss. In such patients, the scarcity of healthy makes autologous grafting techniques hard to perform. On the one hand, clinicians' fear of possible infections limits using bone substitute materials (BSM). On the other hand, BSM is limitless and spares patients another surgery to harvest autologous material. Materials and Methods: To address the aptness of BSM in geriatric patients, we performed a retrospective analysis of all patients over the age of 64 years who visited our clinic between the years 2011-2018. The study assessed postoperative complications clinically and healing results radiologically. The study included 83

SUBMITTER: Pawelke J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9962159 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature