Bone defects may impede normal biomechanics and the structural stability of bone as an organ. In many cases, the correction of bone defects requires extensive surgical intervention involving the use of bone-grafting techniques and other procedures in which healing is slow, there is a high risk of infection and considerable pain is provoked – with no guarantee of complete correction of the defect. Therefore, the search for surgical alternatives continues to present a major challenge in orthopaedic traumatology.
World J Orthop. 2017 Feb 18;8(2):87-98. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v8.i2.87. eCollection 2017.
Guerado E, Caso E
