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If my doctor uses INFUSE® Bone Graft will I get as strong of a fusion as if he used a bone graft from my hip?

Dr. Kenneth A. Pettine
Loveland, CO

If a fusion occurs either with bone graft from your iliac wing or the INFUSE® Bone Graft/LT-CAGE® Device, it will be of equal strength.

Dr. Scott Boden
Decatur, GA

INFUSE® Bone Graft should result in a fusion that is likely to be similar to what would have been formed if a bone graft was used inside an LT-CAGE® Device.

Dr. Dennis G. Crandall
Mesa, AZ

INFUSE® Bone Graft causes the same bone to form in spinal fusion as would form from using bone graft and comes with a lot less pain.

Dr. Jorge E. Isaza
Baton Rouge, LA

Studies show that the INFUSE® Bone Graft/LT-CAGE® Device produces a bone formation that exhibits similar qualities to the bone formed using bone graft alone.

Dr. Theodore A. Belanger
Charlotte, NC

There is no difference between a successful fusion achieved with the INFUSE® Bone Graft/LT-CAGE® Device and one achieved with your own transplanted bone.

Dr. Scott H. Kitchel
Eugene, OR

Pre-clinical studies have shown that the fusion is just as strong with the INFUSE® Bone Graft/LT-CAGE® Device as it is with bone graft.

Dr. Kambiz Hannani
Los Angeles, CA

If a fusion mass develops, it appears to be similar to the fusion obtained when using bone graft taken from a patient’s hip.

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  • Published: July 22, 2002
  • Updated: April 19, 2010