The Otto Aufranc Award. Strut allograft healing to the femur with recombinant human osteogenic protein-1.

Allograft struts are used to reinforce the deficient proximal femur in hip arthroplasty or for fixation of a periprosthetic fracture. Although the use of strut grafts wired or cabled to the proximal femur generally has been successful, the time for healing is slow. The purpose of the current study was to determine whether cortical strut graft healing to the femur could be enhanced by the addition of recombinant human osteogenic protein-1.