Application of hydroxyapatite granules in posterolateral intertransverse lumbar spinal fusion

• Main Authors: Buyong, Zunariah, Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri, Khalid, Kamarul Ariffin, Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz, Abdel Wahab, Emad Mohamad Nafie, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/11275/7/Poster%20iCONT2012%20Zunariah.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/11275/13/ICONT%202012%20BOOK%20OF%20ABSTRACT.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/11275/; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10564/

In many clinical disciplines used of bone graft is unavoidable such as to replace bone loss due to trauma, to fill in bone defect after tumour excision, for reconstructive surgery or spinal fusion. Calcium phosphate based hydroxyapatite is widely used bone graft substitute due to its similarity with...