Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Use of Bone Morphogenic Proteins in spinal fusion

Bone Morphogenic Proteins and Spinal Fusion:
 By - Dr Prakash Nayak, MS Ortho Editor - Dr Ashok Shyam, MS Ortho

 Research into Bone morphogenetic protein, or BMP, has seen a flurry of events in last decade. They seem to provide a better way to achieve spinal fusion with more success and less complications. An up-to-date review of role of BMPs in spinal fusion is reported below

  SPINAL FUSION.....
 Spinal fusion has always been a challenge. The success of this procedure is limited by morbidity from iliac crest bone graft harvest and a non-union rate that ranges from 10% to 40% [1,2].