Topical use of colchicine to prevent spinal epidural fibrosis in rats

Neurological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1117-1120

  Ozdemir, Ozgur ^a   Calisaneller, Tarkan ^a   Sonmez, Erkin ^a   Kiyici, Halil ^a   Caner, Hakan ^a   Altinors, Nur ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Epidural; Fibrosis; Laminectomy; Rat

Indexed keywords

BONE WAX; COLCHICINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CELL DENSITY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; EPIDURAL SPACE; FIBROSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HISTOLOGY; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; COLCHICINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISKECTOMY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FIBROSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77958189231     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164110X12681290831487     Document Type: Article

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