A comparison of the effectiveness of mitomycin C and 5-fluorouracil in the prevention of peridural adhesion after laminectomy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 423-428

  Sun, Yu ^a   Wang, Li Xin ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Sun, Si Xin ^a   Cao, Xiao Jian ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Feng, Li ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Laminectomy; Mitomycin C; Peridural adhesion; Peridural fibrosis; Rat

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; HYDROXYPROLINE; MITOMYCIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FIBROBLAST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAMINECTOMY; LOCOMOTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PERIDURAL ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RAT; SCAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 35348893120     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/10/423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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