Bone Bank

Technological progress in Tissue Banking enables medical experts to use bone from a non-related donor to replace or repair the diseased bone part of another person. Bone Bank refers to the facility that retrieves, processes, stores and distributes these bones for safe clinical use. It is equipped with an ultra-low temperature freezer that allows bone and other biologic tissues to be stored at a temperature of minus 80° Celsius. This temperature reduces the immune response between the transplanted bone and the recipient. After a potential donor passes the required rigid screening tests, bones are retrieved under sterile conditions, properly packed, and stored.

The SLBB adheres to rigid manufacturing processes and quality assurance criteria as recommended by the American Association of Tissue Banks and the Asia-Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue Banking. It will soon expand to retrieval, processing and clinical use of such other tissues as amnion, cartilage, ligaments, tendon, and skin, in coordination with other St. Luke's institutes, departments, and units.

Retrieval, processing, storage and distribution of bone from a non-related donor (allograft bone) for use in:

A. Limb-saving surgeries in selected cases of benign and malignant bone tumors

B. Reconstructive pediatric orthopedic surgeries

C. Spine and joint fusion surgeries

D. Complete primary and revision total joint replacements