Chennai:
Now bone banks are likely to become a reality in India in
next six months with the government planning to come up with a legislation in
this regard, according to president elect of Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA)
Dr S K S Marya.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the inaugural
of IOACON 2012, the 57th annual conference of IOA, Marya said currently
there is no legislation in India for tissue bone banking and a new legislation
is expected in the next six months.
He said India currently has few bone banks and the new
legislation could help opening of more tissue bone banks.
The tissue bone bank serves as procurement and
distribution centre of human allograft tissues such as bone obtained from live
donors as well as amputated limbs. The bones can be taken from a person in the
age group of 20 to 65 and kept frozen at a temperature of -80 degree for four
weeks so that the immunogenicity is reduced after which it is sterilized by gamma
irradiation. It also can provide soft
tissue grafts like bone tendon bone grafts and ligaments.
Interestingly, bone transplantation is a rapidly growing
and expanding field and has a significant impact on improving the quality of
life for the recipient in need. Just as is the case with heart and kidney
donation, he said efforts should be made to encourage more of cadaveric bone
donations. He said the potential donors will be evaluated by the bank and they
should be in the age group of 20 to 65.
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