Injection of a polymerized hyaluronic acid/collagen hydrogel matrix in an in vivo porcine disc degeneration model

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1700-1708

  Omlor, G W ^a   Nerlich, A G ^b   Lorenz, H ^a   Bruckner, T ^c   Richter, W ^a   Pfeiffer, M ^d   Guhring T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Hyaluronic acid hydrogel matrix; Nucleotomy; Porcine animal model; Ultraviolet light polymerization

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYALURONIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROGEL; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTOMY; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; UPREGULATION; X RAY;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISKECTOMY; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 84867985410     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2291-2     Document Type: Article

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