Clinical Study of Bone Graft Substitutes in Orthopaedic and Spinal Applications.

Inclusion Criteria: Long Bone and Extremity Indications: patients requiring bone grafting after post-traumatic or surgically created bone defects afflicting the long bones and extremities. Spine Indication: patients with degenerative disc disease or trauma who require spinal fusion of 1 or more vertebral bodies and where conservative treatment has been unsuccessful. Patients who are willing and capable of providing informed consent, participating in all testing associated with this clinical investigation at an approved clinical investigational center; Exclusion Criteria: Patients who are currently enrolled in another investigational study or registry that would directly interfere with the current study, except when the patient is participating in a mandatory governmental registry, or a purely observational registry with no associated treatments. Each instance should be brought to the attention of the sponsor to determine eligibility. Women of childbearing potential who are, or plan to become, pregnant during the time of the study (method of assessment upon physician's discretion); The subject is unable or not willing to complete follow-up visits and examination for the duration of the study.