Articles on SpineUniverse from J. Kenneth Burkus, MD

BMP's Use in Spine Surgery Today

An interview with Dr. Kenneth Burkus about rhBMP-2 (recombinant bone morphogenetic protein) and how it is being used in spine surgery today.

Open LT-CAGE

The use of rhBMP-2 in anterior lumbar interbody fusion procedures eliminates the complications of iliac crest bone harvesting.

Update: Spinal Implant Breakthrough Stabilizes Spine

One of the newest and most popular spinal instrumentation systems used by surgeons is TSRH-3D?. The TSRH-3D? pedicle screw has a remarkable "headless" design and has proven to be one of the smallest yet strongest spinal implants available today.

A Large-Scale, Level 1, Clinical And Radiographic Analysis of an Optimized rhBMP-2 Formulation as an Autograft Replacement in Posterolateral Lumbar Spine Fusion

Study determined the feasibility of using rhBMP-2 with a CRM as an iliac crest bone graft substitute in posterolateral fusion.

Prospective Randomized Outcomes Comparing rhBMP-2 to Autograft with Cortical Bone Dowels in Lumbar Spine Fusions

A study comparing 24 month clinical and radiographic outcomes of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) to those of iliac crest autograft when used with cortical autograft bone dowels in lumbar fusions.

Clinical Outcomes and Fusion Success at Two Years of Single Level Instrumented Posterolateral Fusions with rhBMP2/CRM** vs. Iliac Crest Bone Graft

An abstract from the SRS 2005 Annual Meeting on outcomes and fusion rates of single-level instrumented posterolateral fusions using ICBG or BMP/CRM.

Recurrent L4 L5 Herniation Video

Video from Medtronic Sofamor Danek and the Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation. Professionally oriented video discusses the procedure.