Evaluation of epidural scar formation in lumbar spine after TachoComb® application - An experimental study

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-230

  Brzezicki, Grzegorz ^a   Jankowski, Roman ^a   Blok, Tomasz ^a   Szymaś, Janusz ^a   Huber, Juliusz ^a   Szukała, Agnieszka ^a   Nowak, Stanisław ^a   Borejsza Wysocki, Maciej ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Epidural scar; Experimental study; Spine; TachoComb

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL SPACE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ANIMALS; APROTININ; CICATRIX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FIBRINOGEN; FIBROSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL DISEASES; THROMBIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48449093602     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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