1. Vaccaro, A.R., Patel, T., Fischgrund, J. Anderson, D, G., Truumees, E., Herkowitz, H. N., Phillips, F., Hilibrand, A., Albert, T. J., Wetzel, T. and McCulloch, J. A. A Pilot Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of OP-1 Putty (rhBMP-7) as a Replacement for Iliac Crest Autograft in Posterolateral Lumbar Arthrodesis for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis. Clinical Case Series. Spine. 29(17):1885-1892, September 1, 2004. Vaccaro et al. – SPINE, Vol. 29, No. 17, September 2004.
2. Vaccaro AR, Anderson DG, Patel T, Fischgrund J, Truumees E, Herkowitz HN, Phillips F, Hilibrand A, Albert TJ, Wetzel T, McCulloch JA. Comparison of OP-1 Putty (rhBMP-7) to iliac crest autograft for posterolateral lumbar arthrodesis: a minimum 2-year follow-up pilot study. Spine. 2005 Dec 15;30(24):2709-16
3. P.V. Govender, Y.R. Rampersaud, L. Richards, and M.G. Fehlings, Use of Osteogenic Protein-1 in Spinal Fusion: Literature Review and Preliminary Results in a Prospective Series of High-risk Cases. Neurosurgical Focus, Volume 13, December 2002.
4. Johnsson, R., Stromqvist, B. and Aspenberg, P. Randomized Radiostereometric Study Comparing Osteogenic Protein-1 (BMP-7) and Autograft Bone in Human Noninstrumented Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion. SPINE, Vol. 27, No. 23, December 2002.
5. Grauer, J.N., Vaccaro, A.R.,Kato, M., Kwon, B.K. Beiner, J.M., Patel, T. C., Hilibrand, A.S.,Chiba, K.Albert, T. J. Development of a New Zealand White Rabbit Model of Spinal Pseudarthrosis Repair and Evaluation of the Potential Role of OP-1 to Overcome Pseudarthrosis. SPINE, Vol. 29, No. 13, July 2004.
6. Bomback, D. A., Grauer, J. N., Lugo, R., Troiano, N., Patel, T. C., and Friedlaender, G. E. Comparison of Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion Rates of Grafton Putty and OP-1 Putty in an Athymic Rat Model. Spine Vol 20, No. 15, August 2004.
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