Effects of controlled dynamic disc distraction on degenerated intervertebral discs: An in vivo study on the rabbit lumbar spine model

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-187

  Kroeber, Markus ^a,d   Unglaub, Frank ^b   Guegring, Thorsten ^b   Nerlich, Andreas ^c   Hadi, Tamer ^a   Lotz, Jeffrey ^a   Carstens, Claus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Disc degeneration; Disc repair; Dynamic disc distraction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DYNAMIC INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISTRACTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH PLATE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; RABBITS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REGENERATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 14844291301     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000150487.17562.b1     Document Type: Article

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