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Grafting suitable for treating iliac crest fractures

Grafting is a suitable procedure for treating long bone non-unions affecting the anterior iliac crest.

According to new research presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, anterior iliac crest bone grafting is a "well-tolerated" procedure which often has a good outcome, reports Ortho Supersite.

Orthopaedic specialist Bryan Loeffler, who presented the research, was reported as saying that the surgical technique has "significantly lower donor site morbidity than previously reported".

Commenting on the benefits of bone grafting, Loeffler said: "Looking at chronic pain, we only had one patient who had a VAS score of greater than five by three months.

"We had no superficial infections or hematomas, and no severe or rare complications as have been reported in other literature."

Earlier this year, orthopaedic surgeon John Cuckler told an audience at the 26th Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Meeting that any hip pain following surgery should be thoroughly investigated and dealt with swiftly.

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