Comprehensive analysis of the volume of bone for grafting that can be harvested from iliac crest donor sites

Our aim was to calculate the volumes of cancellous, cortical, and corticocancellous bone that can be harvested as a graft from the anterior and posterior iliac crests using 3-dimensional computed tomography (CT) and software in a living adult population. We selected random CT scans of the pelvis from 31 men and 29 women from the Department of Radiology imaging database. CT data in DICOM file format were imported into the Mimics software. The anterior iliac crest and posterior iliac crest bone graft-harvested boundaries were measured.

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