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Table 2 Arthrodesis rates

From: A comparison of radiographic and clinical outcomes of anterior lumbar interbody fusion performed with either a cellular bone allograft containing multipotent adult progenitor cells or recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2

 

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# of individual sites

Fused (%)

# of individual sites

Fused (%)

1-segment arthrodesis

9

78

11

100

2-segment arthrodesis

18

100

16

81

3-segment arthrodesis

9

89

3

100

Total Segments

36

92

30

90

  1. There was no difference in the proportion of patients who demonstrated radiographic evidence of fusion (Fisher’s exact test, p = 1)