Bone morphogenetic protein use in spine surgery in the United States: how have we responded to the warnings?

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5713045	The Spine Journal	2017	22 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Warnings sanctioned through the spine literature may have a greater influence on practice of the spine surgery community as compared with advisories issued by the FDA.Comprehensive guidelines regarding safe and effective use of rhBMP-2 must be established.

Keywords

rhBMP-2 Spine surgery Nationwide Inpatient Sample Bone morphogenetic protein

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Bone morphogenetic protein use in spine surgery in the United States: how have we responded to the warnings?

Authors

Javier Z. MD, Robert K. BS, Jun S. MD, Samuel C. MD, James E. MD, Sulaiman BS, Andrew C. MD, Samuel K. MD, Sheeraz A. MD, MBA,