The Year in Review: BMP-2 Saga Prompts Change

[Justin]

(MedPage Today) -- As part of the Year in Review series, MedPage Today reporters are revisiting major news stories and following up with an analysis of the impact of the original report, as well as subsequent news generated by the initial publication. Here's what has happened with the bone morphogenetic protein-2 saga (BMP-2) since last May when we published an article about a critical review of the product...

The Year in Review: BMP-2 Saga Prompts Change (click here for the full article at MedPage Today)

[dalhousie]

I'm in the UK but I had an ALIF with BMP in 2005. It was recommended to me & at the time I went ahead with it because as a child I had a very poor track record of bone healing. At that time nobody warned me about any downsides/risks. Looking at information sites there are various different types of BMP but BMP 2 & BMP 7 seem to be the most predominant. Does anybody know if there is a clinical preference of the type used in fusions? I will check back with my surgeon which one was used on me but I'm sure I've seen a few people on here having had BMP used with their fusions more recently than 2005.