Abstract
Study design: Follow-up study of bioactive glass-ceramic graft for postero-lateral fusion (PLF) in the lumbar spine was performed using plain radiography.
Objectives: To investigate the fusion state of the porous stick type of bioactive glass-ceramic which has been used in PLF in the lumbar spine, by plain radiography, and to evaluate the usefulness of this technique.
Methods: Fourteen patients who underwent PLF using apatite and wollastonite-containing glass-ceramic (A-W · GC) were followed-up for more than 1 year and 6 months by plain radiography.
Results: Six patients who were followed up for more than 2 years were considered to have obtained subtotal or total fusion.
Conclusion: PLF using A-W · GC mixed with autologous grafted bone can preserve bone stock without the need to harvest a bone graft from the iliac crest and will be useful for PLF in the lumbar spine.
Spinal Cord (2000) 38, 315–318.
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Ido, K., Asada, Y., Sakamoto, T. et al. Radiographic evaluation of bioactive glass-ceramic grafts in postero-lateral lumbar fusion. Spinal Cord 38, 315–318 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3100992
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