Novel autograft bone harvesting device used in 232 consecutive patients who underwent cervical or lumbar fusion: initial experience, outcome, and cost analysis in a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As healthcare becomes more expensive, hospitals and providers need to develop "value engineering" as a method to deliver the same quality of care for a lower cost. One key concept is to look at the entire cost of a procedure and begin to reduce costs one at a time within that procedure. We developed the BDC-15 as a method to harvest high quality bone graft and at a low cost while maintaining excellent results.

Methods

In this study, we present the first series of patients who underwent cervical fusion and lumbar fusion using exclusively the BDC-15 without any additional allograft.

Results

A total of 232 patients were entered into the study with 107 patients undergoing anterior cervical fusion surgery (one-, two-, or three-level) and 125 patients undergoing

SUBMITTER: Abrahams JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12516410 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature