The effect of age on inflammatory responses and nerve root injuries after lumbar disc herniation: An experimental study in a canine model

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 937-940

  Hasegawa, Toru ^a   An, Howard S ^b   Inufusa, Akihiko ^a   Mikawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Watanabe, Ryo ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Disc herniation; Lumbar spine; Nucleus pulposus

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DOGS; FIBROBLASTS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0034656262     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200004150-00007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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