title: Spinal reconstruction with pedicle screw-based instrumentation and rhBMP-2 in patients with neurofibromatosis and severe dural ectasia and spinal deformity: report of two cases and a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Spine Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Geoffrey E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Stoker
authors.forename: Keith H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Bridwell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001863:Bone Screws; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013121:Spinal Curvatures / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C499469:recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2