No Advantage For Medtronic’s InFuse Versus Bone Graft In Spine Fusion
Executive Summary
The long-awaited independent analysis of clinical data on Medtronic’s InFuse recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) found no advantages to using it as a substitute for traditional bone grafts in spinal fusion surgery, while also revealing that the risks of rhBMP-2 may be greater than has been previously reported.
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