Ds (5) has an aneurysmal bone cyst (full story here) in his arm which isn't resolving with treatment so far.
He's now going to have an operation to remove the cyst and will have the area packed with a bone graft. Originally the consultant had hoped to use ds's own bone, but he's too little and the consultant reckons that the risk outweighs the benefit so it will be donor bone instead.
The donor bone comes from hip replacement patients and they are tested for blood bone viruses before donation and 6 months afterwards. Apparently the risks are no higher that for blood transfusion.
But.. I'm worried about it, and I wish it wasn't happening (even though it means ds will only have one wound site so it's a much easier operation) and can't help thinking about stuff that's discovered years down the line re: transmission of viruses etc.
Any experiences that might help me come to terms with it? We will be going ahead anyway as we can't leave the cyst to grow and destroy more bone.
I suspect there won't be any replies to this - it seems to be a very rare thing that ds has so there's always lots of excited junior doctors wanting to have a look at ds and his arm every time we visit the hospital...joy.
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Any experiences of bone graft using donor bone?
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sleepyhead · 15/11/2012 23:18
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