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Clinical experience with a new artificial bone graft: preliminary results of a prospective study.

Department of Traumatic Surgery, Medical Academy of Poznan, Poland.
Injury (impact factor: 1.98). 06/1990; 21(3):142-4. pp.142-4
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ABSTRACT This prospective study was carried out to determine the efficacy, benefits and safety of an artificial bone grafting material. The material used was a mixture of porous calcium phosphate ceramic with the addition of bovine fibrillar collagen and autogenous bone marrow. This mixture has been used successfully as a bone graft in 11 patients with delayed and non-union of long bones.

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Keywords

artificial bone grafting material
 
bone graft
 
bones
 
bovine fibrillar collagen
 
efficacy
 
porous calcium phosphate ceramic
 
prospective study