Bone void fillers.
review · Level V
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Abstract
For this technology overview, the tools of evidence-based medicine were used to summarize information on the effectiveness and clinical outcomes related to the usage of bone void fillers- specifically, synthetic graft materials. Comprehensive literature searches were conducted to address five key questions, which the task force that prepared the report posed as follows. Question 1 addressed the use of synthetic bone void fillers alone. Question 2 was designed to determine whether synthetic bone void fillers could successfully serve as graft extenders and eliminate the need for iliac crest bone graft. Questions 3, 4, and 5 addressed the use of allografts as a comparison with synthetic fillers because clinical results with allografts are perceived as being much closer to autografts in these areas of the spine.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Substitutes
- Bone Transplantation
- Bone Transplantation/methods
- Bone Transplantation/trends
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Humans
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Fusion/methods
- Treatment Outcome