Electrochemical measurement of transport into scoliotic intervertebral discs in vivo using nitrous oxide as a tracer

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Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 984-990

  Urban, Martin R ^a   Fairbank, Jeremy C T ^a   Etherington, Philip J ^b   Loh, Lawrence ^c   Winlove, C Peter ^b   Urban, Jill P G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior fusion; Calcification; Diffusion; Disc wedging; Electrode; Nutrient transport

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

ADULT; AMPEROMETRY; BONE BLOOD FLOW; CALCIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROELECTRODE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MICROELECTRODES; NITROUS OXIDE; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 0035871248     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200104150-00028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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