Safety of posterior interbody fusions of the lumbar spine using rhBMP-2

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-

  Smoljanovic, Tomislav ^a   Bojanic, Ivan ^a   Vlahovic, Zorka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LETTER; LUMBAR SPINE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; BONE REGENERATION; BONE RESORPTION; CHORISTOMA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLYRADICULOPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL FUSION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 76649114652     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181c1474d     Document Type: Letter

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