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Does tissue engineering show any potential for use in spine surgery?
Posted July 9th, 2008 by Matt
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A recent study of 200 subjects undergoing single level lumbar fusion demonstrated that those using and engineered tissue called polyglactin-poly-p-dioxanone fleece healed three to six months sooner than those not using engineered tissue.
M. Putzier, et al. Periosteal cells compared with autologous cancellous bone in lumbar segmental fusion. Journal of Neurosurgery:Spine June 2008. Volume 8, Number 6. Pp. 536-543.
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