Exogenous crosslinking recovers the functional integrity of intervertebral disc secondary to a stab injury

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 297-302

  Chuang, Shih Youeng ^a   Lin, Leou Chyr ^a   Tsai, Yi Chian ^b   Wang, Jaw Lin ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Disc integrity; Disc regeneration; Quantitative discomanometry

Indexed keywords

ANULUS FIBROSUS; BIOMECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; DISC DEGENERATION; FATIGUE RESISTANCE; GENIPIN; INJURY MODELS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LEAKAGE PRESSURE; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SOLUTIONS; SPINAL NEEDLES; STABILITY OF MOTIONS;

BIOMECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

GENIPIN; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; QUANTITIATIVE DISCOMANOMETRY; STAB WOUND; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MANOMETRY; PRESSURE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SUS SCROFA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 73549103815     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32356     Document Type: Article

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