Guest guest Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Cassandra, I hadn't heard about the use of bone from cadavers, but it would be less painless if that's the route they went. I was told when i have my grafting I will probably have mre pain in the area where they take the bone from. Other than that I don't know what the other benefits would be. I have an OS appointment today and will ask him some questions about this and get back to you! Take care! Linnette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Hi everyone, Concerning grafting for orthognathic surgery, I have a little questions here. From what I have initially gathered, parts of bones are taken from the patient's hip for the purpose of grafting; to augment the cheekbones, etc. However, I have recently came across cases where bones of cadavers may be used. I wonder what are the difference(s) for both, and which is better? What determines whether a surgeon decides to take the bone from the patient's hip, or to take one from a cadaver? Which approach is more commonly taken? Thanks. Cassandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 I had a bone graft for my surgery, which was done a little over 3 weeks ago. My case was not to augment the cheek bones, but intead to move my upper jaw down to help correct an open bite. Going in to the surgery, my doctor told me he would try to use cadaever bone, but if the gap he was filling in needed more substance and if the gap a little bigger, then he would go into the hip, which would be more extensive, & you'd have another place on your body to recover from. He was going to try to avoid going into the hip unless he really needed to. In my case, he was able to avoid going into the hip, and he only used cadaver bone. I'm glad it worked out that way, because I've heard that healing from the hip can be pretty painful. If I understand it correctly, when they use the bone from your hip, it actually heals faster because the bone from your hip will continue to grow in your jaw. If they use cadaver bone, the cadaver bone does not grow, but your other bones that belong to you, grow around it, and it takes little longer to heal,but it does heal. I don't know which is more common - hip vs. cadaver - I just know about my particular situation. Let me know if you have any other questions. > Hi everyone, > > Concerning grafting for orthognathic surgery, I have a little questions > here. > > From what I have initially gathered, parts of bones are taken from the > patient's hip for the purpose of grafting; to augment the cheekbones, > etc. However, I have recently came across cases where bones of > cadavers may be used. > > I wonder what are the difference(s) for both, and which is better? > What determines whether a surgeon decides to take the bone from the > patient's hip, or to take one from a cadaver? > Which approach is more commonly taken? > > Thanks. > > Cassandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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