The failure of ethylene oxide gas-sterilized freeze-dried bone graft for thoracic and lumbar spinal fusion

Thirty-seven patients underwent posterior and/or posterolateral spinal fusion using ethylene oxide gas-sterilized freeze-dried bank bone graft. Thirteen patients had discogenic back pain, eight with prior failed laminectomy procedures, and five undergoing initial spinal surgery. Six patients had ist...

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