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ReviewAdvanced drug delivery reviews2012

Demineralized bone matrix in bone repair: history and use.

Elliott Gruskin, Bruce A Doll, F William Futrell, John P Schmitz, Jeffrey O Hollinger

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Review in Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 203 papers.

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203citing papers in PubMed
14.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

203 citing papers in PubMed, 454 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Elliott GruskinSynthes USA, 1302 Wrights Lane East, West Chester, PA 19380, USA. gruskin.elliott@synthes.com
Bruce A Doll
F William Futrell
John P Schmitz
Jeffrey O Hollinger
Carnegie Mellon University · USSynopsys (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Demineralized bone matrix (DBM) is an osteoconductive and osteoinductive commercial biomaterial and approved medical device used in bone defects with a long track record of clinical use in diverse forms. True to its name and as an acid-extracted organic matrix from human bone sources, DBM retains much of the proteinaceous components native to bone, with small amounts of calcium-based solids, inorganic phosphates and some trace cell debris. Many of DBM's proteinaceous components (e.g., growth factors) are known to be potent osteogenic agents. Commercially sourced as putty, paste, sheets and flexible pieces, DBM provides a degradable matrix facilitating endogenous release of these compounds to the bone wound sites where it is surgically placed to fill bone defects, inducing new bone formation and accelerating healing. Given DBM's long clinical track record and commercial accessibility in standard forms and sources, opportunities to further develop and validate DBM as a versatile bone biomaterial in orthopedic repair and regenerative medicine contexts are attractive.

Indexed as

Bone Demineralization TechniqueBone RegenerationAnimalsBone and BonesBone MatrixBone SubstitutesBone TransplantationHumansOsteogenesisBone Substitutes

Identifiers

PMID22728914
PMCPMC7103314
OpenAlexW1986138379

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