Resurgence in BMP Use in Spine Surgery: An Analysis From 2010 to 2022
Daniel Rusu, Aidan Lindgren, Natalie M Kistler, Niels Mohty, Thomas W Mason, Marc A Abdou, Jeffrey C Wang, Raymond J Hah, Ram K Alluri · 2026
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Description
Surgeons who join spine bones sometimes add a growth protein to help the bones fuse. Daniel Rusu and co-authors track how often that protein was used in United States spine surgery in this 2026 study. The protein, called BMP, fell out of favor for a time over safety worries. The authors ask whether its use has climbed back in recent years.
They drew cases from a large insurance database for the years 2010 to 2022. Four common fusion types were counted, from the neck and from the lower back. Each type held well over one hundred thousand cases, and the two largest groups each passed half a million. The team measured the protein's share of cases each year and by how many levels were fused. Their title reports a resurgence in use over that span.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Daniel Rusu, Aidan Lindgren, Natalie M Kistler, Niels Mohty, Thomas W Mason, Marc A Abdou, Jeffrey C Wang, Raymond J Hah, Ram K Alluri |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |