{"id":4292,"date":"2010-08-30T00:30:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T04:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2010-08-30T00:30:16","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T04:30:16","slug":"ltcage-bone-growth-device-cautionary-tale-lax-fda-oversight-physician-conflict-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2010\/08\/ltcage-bone-growth-device-cautionary-tale-lax-fda-oversight-physician-conflict-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"LT-cage Bone Growth Device A Cautionary Tale of Lax FDA Oversight, Physician Conflict of Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dr. Thomas Zdeblick, a prominent surgeon at the University of Wisconsin, has made millions in royalties from a device whose research he has sponsored and whose application to the FDA he championed. However, the device which is marketed under the trade name Infuse and which delivers a substance called human bone morphogenetic-2 (or BMP-2) has been linked with dangerous complications. Dr. Zdeblick’s alleged conflict of interest <\/a>in sponsoring the device is detailed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dr. Thomas Zdeblick, a prominent surgeon at the University of Wisconsin, has made millions in royalties from a device whose research he has sponsored and whose application to the FDA he championed. However, the device which is marketed under the trade name Infuse and which delivers a substance called human bone morphogenetic-2 (or BMP-2) has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[2933,2934,2935,2932,2931],"yoast_head":"\n