Evaluation of DuraGen in preventing peridural fibrosis in rabbits: Invited submission from the joint section meeting on disorders of the spine and peripheral nerves, March 2005

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-59

  Tatsui, Claudio E ^a   Martinez, Gonzalo ^a   Li, Xiuming ^a   Pattany, Pradip ^a   Levi, Allan D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DuraGen; Laminectomy; Peridural fibrosis; Rabbit; Scar tissue

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN IMPLANT; GADOLINIUM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; RABBIT; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL PAIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; IMPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; SCAR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CICATRIX; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 33644919127     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.1.51     Document Type: Article

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