Quantitative analysis of edema in the dorsal nerve roots induced by acute mechanical compression

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 1931-1936

  Matsui, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Keisuke ^b   Moriya, Madoka ^a   Tanaka, Shigenori ^a   Kawahara, Norio ^a   Tomita, Katsuro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood nerve barrier; Compression; Degeneration; Edema; Nerve root

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; EVANS BLUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DORSAL ROOT; EDEMA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; DOGS; EDEMA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0032530935     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199809150-00002     Document Type: Article

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