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Table 3 Changes in disc height and lordosis

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

 

Disc height

Lordosis

rhBMP-2

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

 L5-S1

7.12

10.02

13.45

16.21

 L4-L5

7.32

9.89

8.12

12.98

 L3-L4

9.12

10.88

8.78

13.21

 L2-L3

9.89

9.67

8.35

8.12

map3

 L5-S1

7.32

9.78

13.2

15.82

 L4-L5

6.86

10.24

8.63

13.87

 L3-L4

9.28

10.32

9.33

14.21

 L2-L3

10.21

10.11

8.22

8.03

  1. There was no significant difference in changes to disc height and lordosis between map3 allograft and rhBMP-2 (p ˂ .05)