Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 12-14, March 2006

The Use of Osteogenic Protein-1 for Spinal Applications

  • Safdar N. Khan, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Safdar N. Khan, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, 4860 Y Street, Suite 3800, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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  • Munish C. Gupta, MD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA

The era of using biologic enhancers for augmenting spinal fusion has arrived. Clear understanding of the complex biologic processes involved along with a critical view of the preclinical and clinical data is needed. This article reviews the data to date regarding OP-1 and spinal fusion.

Keywords:  OP-1 , growth factors , spinal fusion

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PII: S1040-7383(06)00004-9

doi:10.1053/j.semss.2006.01.005

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 12-14, March 2006

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