
Trauma
rhBMP-2 provides no benefit in treatment of open tibial fractures with a reamed IM nail
This report has been verified
by one or more authors of the
original publication.
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 May 4;93(9):801-8. Epub 2011 Mar 31.
277 patients with an open tibial shaft fracture were randomized to either receive the standard of care or to the treatment group, which received the standard of care plus implantation of a collagen sponge containing 12 mg of Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2). This study failed to detect any substantial benefit of the BMP treatment in accelerating fracture union in open tibial fractures treated with reamed intramedullary nail fixation.
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