Abstract
In anterior lumbar spinal fusion, patients treated with rhBMP-2 on a collagen sponge carrier had statistically superior outcomes compared to patients treated with autogenous bone graft. A collagen sponge carrier should replace autogenous bone graft for this patient population.
MeSH terms
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Blood Loss, Surgical
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Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2
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Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / administration & dosage
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Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / therapeutic use*
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Bone Transplantation*
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Health Status Indicators
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Humans
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Ilium / surgery
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Length of Stay
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Pain Measurement
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Spinal Fusion / methods*
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Transforming Growth Factor beta*
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Transplantation, Autologous
Substances
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BMP2 protein, human
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Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2
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Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
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Transforming Growth Factor beta