Treatment of chronic nonunion of a sternal fracture with bone morphogenetic protein.
Chronic nonunion of sternal fractures, up until now, has been treated by osteosynthetic plating with or without autologous bone grafting. A new technique is described involving the use of bone morphogenic protein to stimulate bone growth at the fracture site, thereby eliminating the need for bone grafting.
Morgan
Anthony
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom. anthony.morgan@ubht.nhs.uk
D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D011859:Radiography; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013249:Sternum / Q000293:injuries*
D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins