Thirteen patients with intractable nonunions of fractures of long bones were sucessfully treated by a combination of internal fixation and implantation of bBMP. There was an average of 1.5 operative procedures per patient in an attempting to establish reunion prior to bBMP implantation. Union was obtained in 12 of the 13 patients exapt in one who gained success from establish the second attempt. The average time requited to union was 4.7 months. No complication was seen.
Citation: Bai Menghai,Ge Baofegn,Yang Chao,et al.. THE CLINICAL APPLICATION OF THE BOVINE BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN MIXED WITH PLASTER OF PARIS. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 1995, 9(1): 4-5. doi: Copy