Translation of an engineered nanofibrous disc-like angle-ply structure for intervertebral disc replacement in a small animal model

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2473-2481

  Martin, John T ^a,b,d   Milby, Andrew H ^a,d   Chiaro, Joseph A ^a,d   Kim, Dong Hwa ^a   Hebela, Nader M ^a,d   Smith, Lachlan J ^a,d,e   Elliott, Dawn M ^c   Mauck, Robert L ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; External fixation; Intervertebral disc; Surgical model; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ETHYLENE; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SURGERY; TISSUE;

ANGLE-PLY; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; DISC LIKES; DISC REPLACEMENT; EXTERNAL FIXATION; IN-VIVO; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; SURGICAL MODEL; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

MACROGOL; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; POLYCAPROLACTONE; NANOFIBER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MIGRATION; DISC HEIGHT INDEX; DISC LIKE ANGLE PLY STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPINNING; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HEIGHT; HISTOLOGY; HYDROGEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT LAXITY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUTURE ANCHOR; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURGERY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NANOFIBERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84899646249     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.02.024     Document Type: Article

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