Bacterial infections associated with allogenic bone transplantation.

Background/aim: Bone allografts are frequently used in orthopedic reconstructive procedures carrying a high risk for recipients. To assess the nature and frequency of allograft contamination and associated surgical infection the case records from our institutional bone bank were reviewed.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the microbiology of discarded bone allografts and the surgical site of the recipients.

The effectiveness of bone banking in Central Serbia: audit of the first seven years.

We analyzed the incidence and predisposing factors for overall discard rate after retrieval of 295 femoral head allografts. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the quality system of institutional bone banking and to ensure that we can provide high standard allografts with low infection rate. Audit of bone banking was conducted on 295 donors and 180 recipients.