Pouliquen J C, Noat M, Verneret C, Guillemin G, Patat J L
Service d'Orthopédie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches.
Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot. 1989;75(6):360-9.
The authors used natural coral as a substitutive element to bone supply in children in need of posterior vertebral graft. The use of natural coral was part of a protocol aiming at diminishing peroperative bleeding, and as far as possible, at doing away with resorting to homotransfusion. After reviewing the biological, experimental and clinical bases, the authors studied 49 cases of posterior vertebral fusion instrumented with the Cotrel-Dubousset device and with natural coral grafts. Results were appraised with X-ray in all cases, 5 times with scintigraphies and 7 times with biopsies and were encouraging: coral behaves quite similarly to the usual bone graft. From their experience the authors describe how coral is to be used and consider that the use of this substitutive element should spread in the future under various forms.
作者使用天然珊瑚作为需要后路椎体植骨的儿童骨供应的替代物。使用天然珊瑚是旨在减少术中出血并尽可能避免异体输血的方案的一部分。在回顾生物学、实验和临床依据后，作者研究了49例采用Cotrel-Dubousset器械并使用天然珊瑚移植进行后路椎体融合的病例。所有病例均通过X线评估结果，5次进行骨闪烁显像检查，7次进行活检，结果令人鼓舞：珊瑚的表现与常用骨移植非常相似。根据他们的经验，作者描述了珊瑚的使用方法，并认为这种替代物的使用将来应以各种形式推广。
