Using the growth factors-enriched platelet glue in spinal fusion and its efficiency

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 246-250

  Tsai, Chun Hao ^a   Hsu, Horng Chaung ^a   Chen, Yen Jen ^a   Lin, Mou Jyn ^a   Chen, Hsien Te ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bone graft substitutes; Fibrin gel; Lumbar fusion; Lumbar spine; Platelet gel; Platelet glue

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; GROWTH FACTOR;

ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE CEMENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 68049137066     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181753ae2     Document Type: Article

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