In rats after lumbar fusion surgery, PTH(1-34) produced a numerically higher fusion rate than placebo.
In plain wordsIn rats after lumbar fusion surgery, PTH(1-34) produced a numerically higher fusion rate than placebo.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseLumbar fusion rate
- Study
Sprague-Dawley ratsn = 56
Posterolateral lumbar fusion with iliac crest autograft- Comparator
- Placebo/control
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · injection · 6 weeksAs given in this study (Sprague-Dawley rats).
Measurements
- Fusion rate
- 52%
- PTH(1-34), 15/29
- Fusion rate
- 37%
- control, 10/27
Source sentences
Manual palpation revealed the control group to have a fusion rate of 37% (10/27) and the PTH(1-34)-treated group to have a fusion rate of 52% (15/29).
4 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Single-level, intertransverse process spinal fusions were performed with iliac crest autograft in 56 Sprague-Dawley rats.
Animals received daily injections of placebo or PTH(1-34).
At 6 weeks, fusion masses were assessed by manual palpation.
Serum osteocalcin levels were assessed in a subset of the animals.