Bone grafts and their substitutes have long been essential to orthopaedic reconstruction, whether in compromised fractures, repair after removal of tumors, restocking for revision arthroplasty, and targeted used of osteogenic biomolecules and cell populations for treatment of problem fractures. This monograph is a summary of basic principles for bone repair and bone grafts for autografts, allografts and graft substitutes and includes coverage of the biology of bone grafts, demineralized bone matrix and synthetic bone graft substitutes, the role of bone morphogenetic proteins, bone marrow and bone marrow products as osteogenic aids, massive allograft transplantation following tumor resection, spinal fusion, allografts in adult hip and knee reconstruction, novel options and bone graft decision making. Includes procedure photographs and other images. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)