Autologous chondrocyte grafting promotes bone formation in the posterolateral spine

Autologous chondrocyte grafting promotes bone formation in the posterolateral spine

Background context Pseudarthrosis following spinal fusion remains problematic despite modern surgical and grafting techniques. In surgical spinal fusion, new bone forms via intramembranous and endochondral ossification, with endochondral ossification occurring in the hypoxic zones of the fusion bed....

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Main Authors: J. Alex Sielatycki, Masanori Saito, Masato Yuasa, Stephanie N. Moore‐Lotridge, Sasidhar Uppuganti, Juan M. Colazo, Alexander A. Hysong, J. Patton Robinette, Atsushi Okawa, Toshitaka Yoshii, Herbert S. Schwartz, Jeffry S. Nyman, Jonathan G. Schoenecker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-03-01
Series:JOR Spine
Subjects:
bone formation
bone‐morphogenic protein
fracture callus
hypertrophic chondrocytes
iliac crest bone graft
ossification
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jsp2.1001

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