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Patients with less than 3 months of postoperative follow-up and no postoperative CT data were excluded. Primary outcomes included presence of fusion on CT, 30-day perioperative complications, and rib harvest complications.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Twenty-eight sequential patients met inclusion criteria. Thirteen were male, 15 were female, and the average age was 9 years. There were no surgical site infections or instances of postoperative seroma or unplanned return to the operating room. All patients had solid fusion on postoperative CT at 3 months. The average follow-up was 14.5 months, with a range of 4 months to 3 years. There were no complications associated with the rib harvest, including no instances of harvest site pain, and all patient incisions healed well.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The authors\u2019 preliminary results demonstrate that autologous rib graft with extra-small rhBMP-2 is an effective strategy to achieve a high rate of fusion in pediatric patients undergoing posterior instrumented craniocervical or cervical fusion. 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