Enhancing tissue repair in annulus fibrosus defects of the intervertebral disc: Analysis of a bio-integrative annulus implant in an in-vivo ovine model

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 405-414

  Hegewald, Aldemar Andres ^a,b   Medved, Fabian ^a   Feng, Daxiong ^a,c   Tsagogiorgas, Charalambos ^a   Beierfuß, Anja ^d   Schindler, Genevieve Ama Kyremaa ^a   Trunk, Marcus ^a   Kaps, Christian ^e   Mern, Demissew Shenegelegn ^a   Thomé, Claudius ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c THE AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOUTHWEST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e TRANSTISSUE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Biomaterial; Disc herniation; Intervertebral disc; Regeneration; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; REPAIR; TISSUE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; CONTROL DEFECTS; DISK HERNIATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OVINE MODEL; REGENERATION; REPAIR TISSUES; SPINE SURGERY; TIME POINTS;

DEFECTS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYL FLUORIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL SHEEP; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRANULOMA; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE IMPLANT; THICKNESS; TISSUE REPAIR; ANIMAL; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; INJURIES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; SHEEP;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYVINYLS; SHEEP;

EID: 84927693752     PISSN: 19326254     EISSN: 19327005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/term.1831     Document Type: Article

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