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01-02-2009 | Original Paper

Impact of iliac crest bone graft harvesting on fusion rates and postoperative pain during instrumented posterolateral lumbar fusion

Authors: Constantin Schizas, Dimitrios Triantafyllopoulos, Victor Kosmopoulos, Kosmas Stafylas

Published in: International Orthopaedics | Issue 1/2009

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the influence of bone harvesting on postoperative pain and fusion rates. Group 1 patients received iliac crest bone graft (ICBG) either alone or augmented with local bone. Group 2 received only local bone. No statistical significance was found in radiological union or in the Oswestry Disability Index scores. Visual Analogue Scale scores showed less pain in group 2. Logistic regression showed no correlation between residual pain and occurrence of fusion. Harvesting ICBG did not appear to increase fusion rates and no relation was found between radiological non-union and pain.

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Title: Impact of iliac crest bone graft harvesting on fusion rates and postoperative pain during instrumented posterolateral lumbar fusion
Authors: Constantin Schizas
Dimitrios Triantafyllopoulos
Victor Kosmopoulos
Kosmas Stafylas
Publication date: 01-02-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Orthopaedics / Issue 1/2009
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-007-0446-2

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