Bone morphogenic proteins are a good choice for select spinal surgeries and merit further research

Doniel Drazin^{1

2}, Eric Choi³, Alfredo Garcia³, Tarush Rustagi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ School of Medicine, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies.
⁴ Department of Spine Surgery, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi, India.

Editorial

Doniel Drazin et al. J Spine Surg. 2017 Mar.

. 2017 Mar;3(1):119-121.

doi: 10.21037/jss.2017.02.03.

Doniel Drazin^{1

2}, Eric Choi³, Alfredo Garcia³, Tarush Rustagi⁴

¹ Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ School of Medicine, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies.
⁴ Department of Spine Surgery, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi, India.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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