Annular repair using high-density collagen gel: A rat-tail in vivo model

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 198-206

  Grunert, Peter ^a   Borde, Brandon H ^b   Hudson, Katherine D ^b   MacIelak, Michael R ^a   Bonassar, Lawrence J ^b   Härtl, Roger ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

animal model; annular repair; disc degeneration; disc reherniation; high density collagen; intervertebral disc; needle puncture; rat tail model; ribofl avin cross linking; T2 relaxation time

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GELS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MALE; RATS; RATS, NUDE; TAIL;

EID: 84894087591     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000103     Document Type: Article

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