Practicals · Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Craniofacial, cleft and paediatric plastic surgery
Cranial (calvarial) bone graft harvest
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- AS/OB/CAD/LAB/SIM - assist, observe, cadaver, lab or simulator (NMC); perform independently (DrNB operative skills)
- Also called
- split calvarial graft
Videos and resources
- VideoMarianne Hollensteiner: Novel Simulator for Cranial Graft Lift Training16:39
- VideoCranial Bone Harvest - YouTube
- +55 more links
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Where the curriculum asks for it
“Demonstrate the harvest of rib, iliac crest and cranial bone grafts in a cadaver or patient” ( NMC DM/MCh guidelines, page 18)
“Harvest of Bone graft, cranial, rib, cancellous bone grafts from various sources.” ( NBEMS DrNB curriculum, page 21)
“1.4 Harvesting of bone grafts (including cranial bone).” ( NMC DM/MCh guidelines, page 25)