Effects of methyl prednisolone acetate, fibrin glue and combination of methyl prednisolone acetate and fibrin glue in prevention of epidural fibrosis in a rat model

Neurological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 700-705

  Cekinmez, Melih ^a   Sen, Orhan ^a   Atalay, Basar ^a   Erdogan, Bulent ^a   Bavbek, Murad ^a   Caner, Hakan ^a   Ozen, Ozlem ^a   Altinors, Nur ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abscess; acute inflammation; epidural fibrosis; laminectomy; necrosis

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NECROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL FIBROSIS; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LAMINECTOMY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RAT; SPINE SURGERY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DURA MATER; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FIBROSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77955623551     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164110X12556180206239     Document Type: Article

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