Autograft versus allograft with or without demineralized bone matrix in posterolateral lumbar fusion in rabbits

Julio Urrutia, Nicolás Thumm, Daniel Apablaza, Felipe Pizarro, Alejandro Zylberberg, Felipe Quezada-Díaz

Journal of Neurosurgery Spine · 2008 · 18 citations · 43 references

Abstract

Autograft produced a higher fusion rate than allograft in this spinal fusion rabbit model, but the difference was not statistically significant. Allograft plus xenogenic DBM showed the same fusion rate as allograft alone.

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