Graft

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Orthofix Medical Inc. announced the launch of the O-Genesis graft delivery system and the AlloQuent structural allograft Q-Pack, according to a press release.

Longer graft storage time in cold media significantly reduced the elasticity of a Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty graft, with potential effects on unfolding within the anterior chamber as well as postoperative detachment rate.

A large national study found Black patients were at a higher risk for graft failure after endothelial keratoplasty, according to a poster at the virtual Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.

Bioventus LLC has announced its new variation of its Signafuse Bioactive Bone Graft has received clearance from the FDA, according to a company press release.

A pterygium consists of a triangular, thickened mass of conjunctival and subconjunctival fibrovascular tissue with elastotic degeneration that crosses the limbus and invades the cornea, possibly interfering with vision.

Tension within a medial patellofemoral ligament graft increases with the lateral position of the tibial tuberosity, leading to better graft function and decreased patellar maltracking, according to published results.

The use of radial artery grafts for CABG was linked to lower risk for CV outcomes and improved survival compared with the use of saphenous vein grafts, according to 10-year follow-up data from the Radial Artery Database International Alliance presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

Use of silicate-substituted calcium phosphate bone substitute had equivalent knee laxity and clinical function outcomes compared with autologous bone graft 3 years after two-stage ACL reconstruction, according to published results.

Use of biphasic calcium-phosphate was a successful substitute as a standalone bone graft for autograft in instrumented posterolateral fusion of the thoracolumbar spine, according the results of a non-inferiority trial.