BOVINE BONE-GRAFTING IN OCCIPITOCERVICAL FUSION FOR ATLANTOAXIAL INSTABILITY IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS

Citation
H. Saveland et al., BOVINE BONE-GRAFTING IN OCCIPITOCERVICAL FUSION FOR ATLANTOAXIAL INSTABILITY IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, Acta neurochirurgica, 127(3-4), 1994, pp. 186-190
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Neurosciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
00016268
Volume
127
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
186 - 190
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6268(1994)127:3-4<186:BBIOFF>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Bovine bone chips (Surgibone(R)) were used in occipito-cervical fusion in nine patients with atlanto-axial instability due to rheumatoid art hritis. The patients were examined with CT 12-15 months after surgery. Graft resorbtion was observed in one patient. The other 8 patients sh owed preserved grafts, in most cases the grafts appeared to be in cont act with the underlying bone. One patient was revised, and at the graf ted site a bony bridge was found. In conclusion, the use of bovine chi ps in posterior occipito-cervical fusion will not lead to predictable bone union. However, there seem to be exceptions to that rule.