Masquelet Induced Membrane Technique for The Surgical Treatment of Large Bone Defects: The Reasons for Successes and Failures

Segmental bone loss can result from high-energy trauma, infection, tumor resection or revision surgery. For the reconstruction of small defects (<5 cm), autologous bone grafts remain the standard of care . Bone graft harvesting is generally performed in the iliac crest where up to 40 ml of graft material can be collected .