[Use of demineralized bone matrix in children].

Eighty five clinical observations of the authors have shown autotransplants demineralized in the solution of hydrochloric acid to possess pronounced osteoinductive properties. Their ability to induce osteogenesis was mostly pronounced in simultaneous plasty with a demineralized and frozen bone. Reconstructive processes are perfectly completed within 18-24 months after operation.

[Preparation and transplantation of demineralized bone tissue].

The use of demineralized bone transplants is found to increase the effectiveness of allogenic transplantations of bone tissue due to its ability to induce active osteogenesis even when implanted intramuscularly. The method of preparing the bone transplants by demineralization in solutions of hydrochloric acid should be widely used in traumatology and orthopedy.