The effect of laser irradiation for nucleus pulposus: An experimental study

Neurological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-323

  Iwatsuki, Ko Ichi ^a   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^a   Sasaki, Manabu ^a   Yasuda, Keitaro ^a   Akiyama, Chihiro ^a   Nakahira, Rie ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical factor; Disk hernia; Laser; PLDD

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCISION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LASER SURGERY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT IRRITATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PERCUTANEOUS LASER DISK DECOMPRESSION; RABBIT; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; DINOPROSTONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; RABBITS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 17144366963     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164105X39923     Document Type: Article

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