Abstract
The purpose of this project was to verify the value of perfused periosteum as a possibly ideal bed for autogenous cancellous bone graft. The model consisted of a 7 cm defect in the sheep tibia, stabilized with a locked intramedullary nail. The defect was filled with conventional cortico-cancellous bone graft covered either with a muscle or a perfused osteoperiosteal flap. The incorporation of the graft was analysed by a series of radiological and mechanical examinations. The graft embedded in perfused osteo-periosteum was rapidly remodelled to a strong, circular bone. Mechanical testing revealed even better values than for normal bone. The graft embedded in muscle showed an important resorptive phase before scanty, incomplete, reconstitution of bone appeared. Mechanical properties were poor. The study supports the hypothesis that perfused osteo-periosteum is an ideal bed for cancellous bone graft and that perfused muscle is not the ideal environment for incorporation of the graft.
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