The effect of relative needle diameter in puncture and sham injection animal models of degeneration

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 588-596

  Elliott, Dawn M ^a   Yerramalli, Chandra S ^a   Beckstein, Jesse C ^a   Boxberger, John I ^a   Johannessen, Wade ^a   Vresilovic, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Biomechanics; Disc degeneration; Nucleus pulposus

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MINIPIG; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; NEEDLES; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PUNCTURES;

EID: 41349088830     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318166e0a2     Document Type: Article

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