Bone Grafts Summary A bone graft transplants bone tissue. Surgeons use bone grafts to repair and rebuild diseased bones in your hips, knees, spine, and sometimes other bones and joints. Grafts can also repair bone loss caused by some types of fractures or cancers. Once your body accepts the bone graft, it provides a framework for growth of new, living bone. If the transplanted bone comes from another person, it is called an allograft. Most allograft bone comes from donors who have died. Tissue banks screen these donors and disinfect and test the donated bone to make sure it is safe to use. If the transplanted bone comes from another part of your own body, it is called an autograft. Autograft bone often comes from your ribs, hips or a leg. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Resources Bone Allografts: What Is the Risk of Disease Transmission with Bone Allografts? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Bone Graft Alternatives North American Spine Society Bone Grafting the Cleft Maxilla Cleft Palate Foundation Donation FAQs (Bone and Tissue Allografts) Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Limb Salvage After Bone Cancer CureSearch for Children’s Cancer Proximal Tibial Bone Graft American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Spinal fusion Spinal fusion – slideshow Patient Handouts Bone graft Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Bone Transplantation National Institutes of Health Journal Articles Bone Grafts
