Does anyone know how long it normally take for a bone graft through an autograft proceedure to bond with the existing bone and have blood circulation?

TX, this is a baseball and politics only site............

Shame on me for thinking the injuries and recovery section was for baseball injuries. I should have known it was for political injuries only. Maybe Obama will log in and answer my question!

Actually, TX, my bad, I wouldn't have posted that if I had realized the it was in this forum.

But, if you will contact Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services, Hillary Clinton, she will reimburse you for the cost.

I think that it will depend upon the nature of the surgery.

The one I know about is the use of the Patella tendon in a bone tendon bone graft ACL replacement. When exploring options, this was one of the possibilities that was discussed (we went with another option).

The doctor told us that it would be 3-4 months before the bone grafts would be secure and the tendon healed - and 6-8 months before player would be cleared to play again. Others have gotten other time frames from their doctors but this seems to be pretty much average.

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it would be 3-4 months before the bone grafts would be secure and the tendon healed - and 6-8 months before player would be cleared to play again.

Thanks. I'm looking at just a bone graft with no tendon or ligament work. So that sounds like closer to the 3-4 month side of the range?