Is a collagen scaffold for a tissue engineered nucleus replacement capable of restoring disc height and stability in an animal model?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a   Heuer, Frank ^a   Neidlinger Wilke, Cornelia ^a   Claes, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanical testing; Collagen matrix; Disc implants; Lumbar spine; Nucleus replacement; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPLANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33748550360     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0177-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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