Intradiscal thermal therapy using interstitial ultrasound: An in vivo investigation in ovine cervical spine

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 503-511

  Nau, William H ^a,d   Diederich, Chris J ^a   Shu, Richard ^a   Kinsey, Adam ^a   Bass, Elisa ^a   Lotz, Jeff ^a   Hu, Serena ^a   Simko, Jeff ^a   Ferrier, William ^b   Sutton, Jeff ^c   Attawia, Mohamed ^c   Pellegrino, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Johnson Johnson Company   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discogenic low back pain; Lumbar spine; Thermal dosimetry

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CERVICAL SPINE; DOSIMETRY; HEAT TREATMENT; HISTOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33947152974     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000256905.39488.c7     Document Type: Article

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