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Better autologous bone harvesting, pain free - BoneChat #38 short - COREX with Dr Jim Marino

11 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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In this short, Dr. Jim Marino shares a firsthand account from an orthopedic colleague who underwent a two‑level cervical fusion and had autologous bone harvested from his proximal tibia using the CoreX device. The colleague reported absolutely no pain at the harvest site—he could not even tell which tibia was used until he saw the bandages. Dr. Marino explains that the CoreX system causes only a minimal insult to the periosteum and cortex, the primary sources of pain fibers during bone harvesting, making the procedure essentially pain‑free.

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I had an orthopedic partner who had a 2-level cervical fusion, and he had his bone harvested with the CoreX device from his proximal tibia. And he told me, he said, Jim, I'm not exaggerating here, I'm just telling you the truth. He said, I couldn't tell which tibia my bone was harvested from until I saw the bandages. And he said, I had no pain. I had no pain. He said, not a little, just none. And that's not an uncommon expression for people who have just a little bit of stoicism, but essentially it's a trivial kind of insult, if you will, to the periosteum and the cortex, which are the sources of pain fibers when you're involved in harvesting with the Corax device.