Bone Morphogenetic Protein Use and Cancer Risk Among Patients Undergoing Lumbar Arthrodesis: A Case-Cohort Study Using the SEER-Medicare Database

Conclusions:
In a large population of elderly U.S. adults undergoing lumbar arthrodesis, BMP use was not associated with cancer risk or mortality.

Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Source: JBJS - July 5, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Beachler, D. C., Yanik, E. L., Martin, B. I., Pfeiffer, R. M., Mirza, S. K., Deyo, R. A., Engels, E. A. Tags: Spine Scientific Articles Source Type: research