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Old 01-20-2009, 09:15 PM
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The 22% figure for late onset radiculopathy in the BMP group is very worrying. It’s the worst figure I’ve seen regarding complications relating to BMP use in lumbar fusions and if taken at face value must seriously call into question the current increasing use of BMP.
This is the problem with so much of the data we get. Is BMP a problem or is this application a problem? Don't go to those docs for BMP??? Is there something specific about this technique that makes appropriate application of BMP an issue?
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