Integration of Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell Application in Hydroxyapatite-Based Scaffolds in the Treatment of Vertebral Bone Defect due to Spondylitis Tuberculosis: A Translational Study

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A 27-year-old male (case 2). (a) Preoperative clinical picture showed hyperlordosis. (b) Preoperative radiography showed defect on the anterior column around 55% of the corpus vertebrae. (c) One-month postoperative radiography showed new bone formation that filled around 35% of the corpus vertebrae. (d) Three-month postoperative radiography showed new bone formation that filled around 60% of the corpus vertebrae. (e) Six-month postoperative CT scan showed 60% of new bone formation on the left posterior lateral of the corpus vertebrae. Sites are shown using white and black arrows.

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