%0 Journal Article %T Acompanhamento a m¨¦dio prazo da reconstru£¿£¿o acetabular com enxerto ¨®sseo liofilizado bovino e dispositivo de refor£¿o %A Rosito %A Ricardo %A Galia %A Carlos Roberto %A Macedo %A Carlos Alberto de Souza %A Quaresma %A Lourdes Maria Ara¨²jo Camargo %A Moreira %A Luis Fernando %J Revista do Col¨¦gio Brasileiro de Cirurgi£¿es %D 2009 %I Col¨¦gio Brasileiro de Cirurgi?es %R 10.1590/S0100-69912009000300009 %X objective: to report clinical and radiographic graft incorporation capability of bovine freeze-dried bone grafts. methods: twenty five patients were enrolled. the mean follow-up was eight years. grafts were purified and freeze-dried. clinical analysis was based on the score of merle d'aubign¨¦ and postel and an established score criteria for radiographic bone incorporation was used for radiographic analyses. results: good clinical and radiographic results were found in 80% and 72% of the cases, respectively. conclusion: bovine freeze-dried grafts can be safely and adequately used in acetabular revision in total hip arthroplasty. %K bone grafts %K xenografts %K bovine bone. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0100-69912009000300009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en