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Does tissue engineering show any potential for use in spine surgery?

A recent study of 200 subjects undergoing single level lumbar fusion demonstrated that those using and engineered tissue called polyglactin-poly-p-dioxanone fleece healed three to six months sooner than those not using engineered tissue.

Reference: 

M. Putzier, et al. Periosteal cells compared with autologous cancellous bone in lumbar segmental fusion. Journal of Neurosurgery:Spine June 2008. Volume 8, Number 6. Pp. 536-543.

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