Bone related surgical procedures are known as bone grafting treatment. It is used to treat bone damage, caused by a disease, inflammation or accident. Bone problems can occur in any bone of the body. For instance head, leg, knee, elbow, wrist etc. Although, there are several bone concerns like fractures, bone diseases, osteomyelitis, congenital anomalies, jaw reinforcement, joint replacement, spinal fusion, osteoarthritis etc. Each bone issue can be fixed through the bone graft treatment.

During the procedure an orthopedic surgeon transfers or replaces the bone tissues from another area of bone in order to heal the fracture caused by the trauma, accident or disease. In a bone grafting process the orthopedic surgeon used to repair the bone damage through taking bone from another part of the body. It could be hips, legs or ribs.

Types of Bone Graft Treatments in India

Allograft

In this surgical procedure a doctor uses another person’s (donor) bone tissues for grafting treatment. This type of graft is usually used in spinal fusion surgery to promote healthy bone tissues. However, public health services strict some regulations on how tissues are handled and bone tissue is cleaned and processed ( sterilized) to ensure the safety of the beneficiary.

Autograft

This procedure involves a patient’s own bone tissues for the reconstruction of the bone. Limited tissues typically collected from your hip bone. The primary benefit of using your own tissues is that it increases the chances of successful bone fusion. Initially a person may experience pain in the area where the tissues are collected. However, It is quite normal and the pain goes away in a few days after having prescribed pain-management pills.

Bone marrow aspirate

The bone marrow is the kind of chemical substance which is originally found in the bone. It contains stem and progenitor cells that aid in healing fractures. In this entire process an orthopedic surgeon collects a bone marrow sample through a needle from the hip bone. Then the collected sample is combined with other bone grafts in order to fix the occurring problem in the bone.

Synthetic Bone Graft

Synthetic Bone graft includes artificial produced materials that are prepared from different types of porous substances. These also contain proteins that support bone development. This type of graft is used in multiple situations like birth defect, improving bone quality, bone infection, dental bone graft etc.

Advantages of Bone Graft Treatment

Following are the benefits of bone grafting surgery:

Minimum chances of infections
Decrease the probability of disease transmission
Increases the likelihood of successful bone healing
No additional process is required to harvest bone tissue
A person can return to daily activities
Early recovery and reduce healing time
Improve the bone functioning

Risks of Bone Grafting

Each surgical procedure poses the risk of bleeding and infections. Here we mentioned a few of surgery risks that are associated with bone grafting.

Pain
Inflammation
Nerve injury
Swelling Rejection of bone graft
Re-absorption of the graft
Blood clotting
Lumps
Scars
Bleeding
Long term pain issues
Less productivity

Bone Grafting Procedure

Here mentioned an important steps that are taken by the surgeon during the procedure these include:

Before the procedure a patient needs to do some additional tests like X-ray, CT scan, image testing and blood tests. Through conducting these tests doctors get an idea which type of surgery the person needs.
A patient gets ready to administer anesthesia that puts him to sleep or a relaxed state.
Then an orthopedic surgeon starts making incisions on the specific area of the skin to expose the bone which needs grafting.
After that the operating doctor removes infectious tissues to prepare it for the graft.
In the next step the medical professional attentively applied the graft and secured it in the right place by using different surgical techniques that might be plates, screws, pins, wires, cables and hardware.
Lastly, the surgeon closes the incisions through stitches and closely monitors the person’s overall condition for a few hours.

Recovery After the Procedure

A patient’s bone graft recovery depends on various factors like age, other health concerns and size of graft. However, a common recovery takes a period of about two to three weeks.
For early recovery a doctor gives some instructions like avoiding physical activities, smoking and drinking alcohol.
A doctor might also suggest prescribed medications that would be helpful in managing pain and discomfort.
Additionally a doctor also suggests physiotherapy for checking the proper functioning of bone.
Despite this , a person must add necessary vitamins like vitamin D substances in the daily diet for better recovery.