Repair of Bone Allograft Fracture Using Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2
Lee FY, Storer S, Hazan EJ, Gebhardt MC, Mankin HJ. Repair of Bone Allograft Fracture Using Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2. Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research® 2002, 397: 119-126. PMID: 11953604, DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200204000-00017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAllograft fractureNormal fracture healingFracture healingProtein 2Long-term clinical dataExtensive tumour surgeryBone morphogenetic protein-2Major revision surgeryMorphogenetic protein-2Experimental groupOnly fibrosisRadiographic unionNew bone formationRevision surgeryAdditional ratsClinical dataTumor surgeryBone allograftAllograft boneControl groupBiologic regulatorsOsteotomy siteFracture repairRecombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2Adequate function