Positive Clinical Results on the use of Bacterin’s OsteoSponge®
BELGRADE, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bacterin International Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BONE), a leader in the development of revolutionary bone graft materials and coatings for medical applications, announces that the first clinical results using the OsteoSponge® product for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) has been published in The International Journal of Spine Surgery. The article reports a retrospective analysis of 82 total patients who underwent TLIF procedures using an acid-etched, roughened titanium cage (Titan Spine’s Endoskeleton TT) filled with OsteoSponge as a bone graft substitute. The study included a group of patients evaluated at 6 months and a separate group of patients that were evaluated at 1 year post-op. An independent radiologist reviewed and graded the CT scans for evidence of fusion and determined the fusion rates to be 41 of 44 (93.2%) for the 6 month group and 37 of 38 (97.4%) for the 12 month group.
The article, titled “Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion rates in patients using a novel titanium implant and demineralized cancellous allograft bone sponge,” concluded that results using the Endoskeleton TT cage and OsteoSponge achieved similar fusion rates to historical controls of using Iliac Crest Bone Graft (ICBG) or recombinant human BMP-2 (rhBMP-2) in conjunction with a polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage implant.
“We have long understood that our product can achieve excellent results for various spinal fusion procedures, however, having our first spine-focused publication further validates the use of OsteoSponge as a bone graft substitute,” said Dan Goldberger, Bacterin’s CEO and President. “We couldn’t be more pleased with the outcomes reported in this study.”
About Bacterin International Holdings
Bacterin International Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BONE) develops, manufactures and markets biologics products to domestic and international markets. These products are used in a variety of applications including enhancing fusion in spine surgery, relief of back pain, promotion of bone growth in foot and ankle surgery, promotion of cranial healing following neurosurgery and subchondral repair in knee and other joint surgeries.
Bacterin’s Medical Device division develops, employs, and licenses coatings for various medical device applications. For further information, please visit www.bacterin.com.
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