ABSTRACT
During the past decades the use of bone allografts has become widely accepted for the filling of skeletal defects in a variety of surgical procedures. In pal1icular, in the field of orthopedic surgery the demand for allograft bone has increased rapidly [1-6]. Grafts are primarily used to fill the skeletal defects associated with the loosening of total joint replacements, either as morselized and then impacted or as structural grafts [5,7,8].
