Biologics News

Cerapedics recently announced it has received CE mark in Europe and Therapeutic Goods Administration listing in Australia for its new i-FACTOR Flex FR biologic bone graft.

Platelet-rich plasma had a positive effect on tenocyte proliferation and recovery on initial application, according to study results. However, the effect was diminished with repetitive application.

KOLOA, Hawaii — For the repair of rotator cuff tears, healing matters; however, the use of biologics and patches has unanswered questions, according to a speaker here.

Fusion rates improved when allogenic growth factor or bone morphogenetic protein-2 were used with or without bone marrow aspirate for posterolateral spinal fusions to treat single- and multi-level deformity cases, according to study findings.

Amedica Corporation has released the results of its CASCADE study, which compared spinal fusion surgery outcomes between the company’s spinal interbody spacers with a porous silicon nitride center and polyetheretherketone plastic spacers filled with bone autograft.

Orthopedics Today has highlighted ten important stories from 2014 to keep your practice up-to-date on a multitude of topics in orthopedic medicine.

Use of platelet-rich plasma had no evident effect on patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, according to study results.

Orthopedics Today has highlighted ten important videos from 2014 to keep your practice up-to-date on a multitude of topics in orthopedic medicine.

Patients with large-to-massive rotator cuff tears experienced successful repair after surgery when a poly-L-lactic acid bioabsorbable patch was used, according to study results.

Orthopedics Today has put together a compilation of the five news stories and videos most viewed from December 2014 to keep you abreast of the current hot topics in orthopedics.