Originally posted by debbei
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If you look at a model of the spine (or image of an individual vertebra), the spike-like protrusions off the back of each vertebra is a spinous process. There are slight shape differences in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar areas (due to functionality), but they're still fairly easy to identify.
With me, they used a combination of these "leftovers", allograft (cadaver bone) and rh-BMP2. Absorbable collagen sponges (ACS) soaked in BMP are placed before they pack the graft, and it I believe it definitely hastened my fusion.
I know by 2 months, most of my major restrictions had been lifted ...
(BTW, you can clearly see the clipped spinous processes and placement of BMP soaked ACS in my surgery photos ;-)
Pam
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