Positive Clinical Results Reported for Bacterin International Holdings, Inc. (BONE) OsteoSponge Product
Bacterin International recently announced that the first clinical results using its OsteoSponge product for foot and ankle arthrodesis have been published in The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery, in an article reporting a multicenter, retrospective analysis of 80 joint fusions in 47 subjects who had experienced foot and ankle fusion procedures utilizing OsteoSponge bone graft. Radiographic analysis determined an overall fusion rate of 97.5% (78 out of 80 joints). Entitled “A Retrospective Analysis Evaluating Allogeneic Cancellous Bone Sponge for Foot and Ankle Arthrodesis,” the article reported comparable or greater foot and ankle fusion rates, judged radiographically, to those reported…