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Orthopedic Trauma Directions 2010; 8(6): 11-16
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1267058
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Treatment of long-bone nonunions

Does bone morphogenic protein help?
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Publication Date:
11 January 2011 (online)

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Summary

Results from four randomized controlled trials (class of evidence (CoE) II) suggest that the addition of rhBMP to fixation in long-bone nonunion neither impeded nor facilitated fracture union compared with fixation plus other grafting material.

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