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Bone Grafting: Physiology and Techniques

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Craniofacial anatomy represents one of the few places in the body where bony anatomy is truly married to that of soft tissue. As well as providing structural support and protecting sensory anatomy, the skeletal component of craniofacial anatomy is essential in fulfilling perhaps the face’s most important role: to look like a face. Given this unique marriage of form and function, the goal of this chapter is to review the principles of bone anatomy, physiology, histochemistry, repair and regeneration, and reconstruction and grafting techniques, as they pertain specifically to craniofacial surgery.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Sanjay Naran MD

  2. Pediatric Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery, Northern California Kaiser Permanente Craniofacial Clinic, Santa Clara, CA, USA

    Robert M. Menard MD, FACS

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  1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

    Peter J. Taub

  2. Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery; Pediatric Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Pravin K. Patel

  3. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Craniofacial Anomalies Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Steven R. Buchman

  4. Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Mimis N. Cohen

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Naran, S., Menard, R.M. (2015). Bone Grafting: Physiology and Techniques. In: Taub, P., Patel, P., Buchman, S., Cohen, M. (eds) Ferraro's Fundamentals of Maxillofacial Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8341-0_8

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