Treatment of chronic nonunion of a sternal fracture with bone morphogenetic protein.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.11.006.
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Abstract
Chronic nonunion of sternal fractures, up until now, has been treated by osteosynthetic plating with or without autologous bone grafting. A new technique is described involving the use of bone morphogenic protein to stimulate bone growth at the fracture site, thereby eliminating the need for bone grafting.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
- Fractures, Bone
- Fractures, Ununited
- Sternum