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ArticleJournal of spine surgery (Hong Kong)2019

The use of demineralised bone fibres (DBF) in conjunction with supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO

Jeremy Rajadurai, Vedran Lovric, Ralph J Mobbs, Wen Jie Choy, William R Walsh

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Article in Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Allografts and Spinal Fusion.International journal of spine surgery · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Jeremy RajaduraiNeuroSpine Surgery Research Group (NSURG), Sydney, Australia.
Vedran LovricNeuroSpine Surgery Research Group (NSURG), Sydney, Australia.
Ralph J MobbsNeuroSpine Surgery Research Group (NSURG), Sydney, Australia.
Wen Jie ChoyNeuroSpine Surgery Research Group (NSURG), Sydney, Australia.
William R WalshNeuroSpine Surgery Research Group (NSURG), Sydney, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal fusion is a common procedure for the treatment of various spinal pathologies. Since the early days, spinal fusion has been carried out with the use of bone grafts as interbody spacers. With the development of synthetic interbody implants, bone grafts were used to facilitate fusion. Although autograft provides the best outcomes for fusion, allografts have been sought after due to donor site morbidity and other shortcomings. Currently, a vast variety of demineralised bone matrix (DBM) products are available with their methods of processing and preparation impacting their properties and clinical outcomes. Demineralised bone fibres (DBF), a form a DBM can be easily packed into implants when mixed with other substances such as allograft bone and patient's blood providing a scaffold for the mixture. We report two cases of anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) utilising a titanium-polyetheretherketone (PEEK) interbody cage filled with DBF, allograft and patient's blood with a maximum of 12 months follow-up outcome.

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allograftanterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF)degenerative disc diseaseDemineralised bone fibres (DBF)spinal fusion

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PMID32043009
PMCPMC6989944

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