Two-Year Fusion Rate Equivalency between Grafton® DBM Gel and Autograft in Posterolateral Spine Fusion: A Prospective Controlled Trial Employing a Side-by-Side Comparison in the Same Patient

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 660-666

  Cammisa Jr , Frank P ^a   Lowery, Gary ^b   Garfin, Steven R ^c   Geisler, Fred H ^d   Klara, Peter M ^e   McGuire, Robert A ^f   Sassard, Walter R ^g   Stubbs, Harrison ^h   Block, Jon E ^h  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b Res Institute International Inc   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch   (United States)

^e EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g St Luke's Hospital   (United States)

^h Specialty Care Pavilion ^*

Author keywords

Demineralized; Fusion; Grafting; Grafton

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1542720318     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000116588.17129.B9     Document Type: Article

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