Reduction of epidural fibrosis in lumbar surgery with Oxiplex adhesion barriers of carboxymethylcellulose and polyethylene oxide

Spine Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 277-283

  Rodgers, Kathleen E ^a   Robertson, James T ^b   Espinoza, Theresa ^a   Oppelt, Wilham ^c   Cortese, Stephanie ^c   diZerega, Gere S ^a   Berg, Richard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c FzioMed Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Carboxymethyl cellulose; Device; Epidural; Fibrosis; Laminectomy; Laminotomy; Polyethylene oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; MACROGOL; BIOMATERIAL; CELLULOSE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; OXIDIZED CELLULOSE; OXIPLEX;

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REOPERATION; RISK REDUCTION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE, OXIDIZED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RABBITS;

EID: 0642280298     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(03)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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