Open AccessExperimental posterolateral spinal fusion with beta tricalcium phosphate ceramic and bone marrow aspirate composite graft
Author(s) -
Ankit Gupta,
Vijendra Chauhan,
Neena Chauhan,
Sansar Sharma,
Rajesh Maheshwari,
Atul Agarwal
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.67118
Subject(s) - medicine , iliac crest , spinal fusion , bone marrow , lumbar , palpation , bone marrow aspirate , nuclear medicine , surgery , pathology
Beta tricalcium phosphate is commonly used in metaphyseal defects but its use in posterolateral spinal fusion remains controversial. There are very few published animal studies in which use of beta tricalcium phosphate has been evaluated in the posterolateral lumbar arthrodesis model. Hence we conducted a study to evaluate the potential of composite graft of beta tricalcium phosphate and bone marrow aspirate in comparison to autologous bone graft, when used for posterolateral spinal fusion.