Abstract

PEREIRA RIVERON, Ramiro; DE JONGH COBO, Enrique; BERMEJO SANCHEZ, Juan Carlos  and  FERNANDEZ BENITEZ, Susana A. Hidroxiapatita en la estabilización y fusión intervertebral cervical baja. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 1997, vol.36, n.3, pp. 165-171. ISSN 1561-2945.

It was conducted a clinical assay of 10 patients with cervical low (C3/7), traumatic or degenerative injuries that required implants to substitute intervertebral disks. Hydroxyapatite laminae 3-6 mm thick with a porosity of 50% made in Cuba were used. Adequate stability and osteoconduction were attained in 9 cases that were evaluated by clinical and radiological controls. The efficiency of hydroxyapatite as an implant to achieve the intersomatic vertebral fusion, and as an efficient substitute of the autogenous bone grafts, was verified in our environment, on preventing its habitual complications. It is recommended its use and the making of hydroxyapatite implants of more specific configuration and dimensions

Keywords : DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS [methods]; HYDROXYAPATITES [therapeutic use]; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE [surgery]; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK [transplantation].