ABSTRACT
Bone grafts are important for healing various bone-related defects. Grafts can be created from the patient (autograft), another person (allograft), or other synthetic materials. In the United States alone, nearly 500,000 people undergo treatment for bone defects with a cost of $2.5 billion annually. This number are expected to double by 2020 due to a variety of population trends including a large aged population, and increased life expectancy and obesity.1 These numbers express the importance of an effective treatment that provides the long-term solution. Otherwise, secondary treatment costs alone can steeply increase costs.
