TY - JOUR
T1 - Bioactive and osteoinductive bone graft substitutes
T2 - Definitions, facts and myths
AU - Blokhuis, T.J.
AU - Arts, J.J.C.
PY - 2011/9/1
Y1 - 2011/9/1
N2 - The use of artificial bone grafts has been developed over recent years and is expected to increase further, for some indications even replacing the gold standard, autograft, in trauma and reconstructive surgery. However, the effectiveness of these materials is still a subject of debate, mostly because of unclear definitions or limited market surveillance. In this overview several facts and myths regarding bone-graft substitutes are summarized.
AB - The use of artificial bone grafts has been developed over recent years and is expected to increase further, for some indications even replacing the gold standard, autograft, in trauma and reconstructive surgery. However, the effectiveness of these materials is still a subject of debate, mostly because of unclear definitions or limited market surveillance. In this overview several facts and myths regarding bone-graft substitutes are summarized.
KW - Allograft
KW - Autologous bone graft
KW - BMPs
KW - Bone graft substitutes
KW - Clacium Phospahtes
KW - DBM
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052857734&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.injury.2011.06.010
DO - 10.1016/j.injury.2011.06.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 21714968
AN - SCOPUS:80052857734
VL - 42
SP - S26-S29
JO - Injury
JF - Injury
SN - 0020-1383
IS - SUPPL. 2
ER -