Dr Oitment's Spine Research LaboratoryScarborough Health Network · University of Toronto
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Fusion and Revision Rates of Impaction Grafting Interbody Fusion Comparing X-Rays and Computed Tomography

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Key finding

A low-cost technique that packs morselized bone into the disc space instead of using a metal cage achieved successful spinal fusion in 92% of patients on X-ray and 85% on CT scan, with only 8% of patients needing redo surgery at the grafted level.

Impaction bone grafting is a viable, cheaper alternative to interbody cages for lumbar fusion, but CT scans are needed to reliably detect failed fusions missed by X-rays.

Shown by Thorsten Jentzsch

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