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Osteoinduction vs Osteoconduction - What's the difference?

osteoinduction | osteoconduction |

In medicine terms the difference between osteoinduction and osteoconduction

is that osteoinduction is a biologic response in which chemical signals induce osteogenesis while osteoconduction is physical, three-dimensional scaffold or matrix to facilitate bone repair.

osteoinduction

English

Noun

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  • (medicine) A biologic response in which chemical signals induce osteogenesis

    • References

    *Robert Gunzburg, M. Szpalski, and N. Passuti The Use of Bone Substitutes in Spine Surgery: A State of the Art Review . Springer:2002, p. 12 [http://books.google.com/books?id=tpU-ZTeXABoC&pg=PA12&dq=Osteoconduction&ei=RzIxR8jrJJLasgP3rKS5AQ&sig=1Tp-8MrXp9iyuMrWuoScgIjv8LE]

    osteoconduction

    English

    Noun

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  • (medicine) Physical, three-dimensional scaffold or matrix to facilitate bone repair.
  • (medical) The process by which bone grows on a surface. This is a passive process.

    • References

    *Robert Gunzburg, M. Szpalski, and N. Passuti The Use of Bone Substitutes in Spine Surgery: A State of the Art Review . Springer:2002, p. 12 [http://books.google.com/books?id=tpU-ZTeXABoC&pg=PA12&dq=Osteoconduction&ei=RzIxR8jrJJLasgP3rKS5AQ&sig=1Tp-8MrXp9iyuMrWuoScgIjv8LE]