Synthetic bone graft versus autograft or allograft for spinal fusion: a systematic review

Short-Term Adverse Events, Length of Stay, and Readmission After Iliac Crest Bone Graft for Spinal Fusion

(2014) Jordan A. Gruskay et al.   SPINE

A prospective comparative study of radiological outcomes after instrumented posterolateral fusion mass using autologous local bone or a mixture of beta-tcp and autologous local bone in the same patient

(2013) Seongju Kong et al.   ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA

Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

(2013) Andrea C. Skelly et al.   SPINE

Comparison between two pedicle screw augmentation instrumentations in adult degenerative scoliosis with osteoporosis

(2011) Yang Xie et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

The efficacy of porous hydroxyapatite bone chip as an extender of local bone graft in posterior lumbar interbody fusion

(2011) Hyoungmin Kim et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

GRADE guidelines: 3. Rating the quality of evidence

(2011) Howard Balshem et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Healos graft carrier with bone marrow aspirate instead of allograft as adjunct to local autograft for posterolateral fusion in degenerative lumbar scoliosis: a minimum 2-year follow-up study

(2011) Avraam Ploumis et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

Hybrid Grafting Using Bone Marrow Aspirate Combined With Porous β-Tricalcium Phosphate and Trephine Bone for Lumbar Posterolateral Spinal Fusion

(2011) Tsuyoshi Yamada et al.   SPINE

Radiological study of the sandwich method in cervical anterior fusion using autologous vertebral bone grafts

(2010) Kyongsong Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

AHRQ Series Paper 5: Grading the strength of a body of evidence when comparing medical interventions—Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Effective Health-Care Program

(2009) Douglas K. Owens et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Preliminary comparison of radiolucent cages containing either autogenous cancellous bone or hydroxyapatite graft in multilevel cervical fusion

(2009) Wei-Chieh Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

A Comparison of Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion Comparing Autograft, Autogenous Laminectomy Bone With Bone Marrow Aspirate, and Calcium Sulphate With Bone Marrow Aspirate

(2009) Chi-Chien Niu et al.   SPINE

A prospective consecutive study of instrumented posterolateral lumbar fusion using synthetic hydroxyapatite (Bongros®-HA) as a bone graft extender

(2008) Jae Hyup Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Hydroxyapatite-Bioactive Glass Ceramic Composite as Stand-alone Graft Substitute for Posterolateral Fusion of Lumbar Spine: A Prospective, Matched, and Controlled Study

(2008) Narayana K. Acharya et al.   JOURNAL OF SPINAL DISORDERS & TECHNIQUES

Single-Level Instrumented Posterolateral Fusion of Lumbar Spine With β-Tricalcium Phosphate Versus Autograft

(2008) Li-Yang Dai et al.   SPINE

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(2008) James I. Ausman   SURGICAL NEUROLOGY