Porous tantalum trabecular metal scaffolds in combination with a novel marrow processing technique to replace autograft
Porous tantalum trabecular metal scaffolds in combination with a novel marrow processing technique to replace autograft
- Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 585, p.197-208, 2006 .
Interbody fusion requires a structural member to carry load while the autograft or osteoinductive agent stimulates bone formation. In the present study, we evaluated the potential use of extracted nucleated cells from bone marrow mixed in hyaluronic acid gel as an osteoinductive agent, in comparison to Collagraft loaded with nucleated cells or rhBMP-2 in the porous tantalum ring, in an anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF)in pigs.
Interbody fusion requires a structural member to carry load while the autograft or osteoinductive agent stimulates bone formation. In the present study, we evaluated the potential use of extracted nucleated cells from bone marrow mixed in hyaluronic acid gel as an osteoinductive agent, in comparison to Collagraft loaded with nucleated cells or rhBMP-2 in the porous tantalum ring, in an anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF)in pigs.