Articles: PDF OnlySurgical Bone Banking: The Living DonorBuckham, Kathryn R. Author Information Kathryn R. Buckham, RN, CTBS, CNOR, was Special Services Coordinator in the Department of Surgery/Tissue Bank at Saint Anthony Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio Orthopaedic Nursing: March 1991 - Volume 10 - Issue 2 - p 47-53 Buy Abstract Orthopaedic surgeons have recognized the value of banking previously discarded femoral heads from total joint replacement patients and using the tissue in patients requiring bone grafts. Orthopaedic nurse clinicians or orthopaedic operating room nurses are best qualified to assume the responsibilities of developing and managing a surgical bone bank. This article discusses patient-related aspects of a surgical bone banking program: donor selection, tissue acquisition and storage, and transplantation. © 1991 National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
