| Literature DB >> 7874544 |
M Pfeiffer1, P Griss, P Franke, C Bornscheuer, J Orth, A Wilke, J D Clausen.
Abstract
In an experimental study with 18 minipigs, we have tried to establish a model for the standardized evaluation of mechanical, histological and radiological phenomena of degenerative and reparative processes within the lumbar motion segment. Comparing different operative techniques revealed that the intradiscal application of hyaluronic acid into the nuclear defect is likely to enhance the regeneration process. Using the measurement of disc compliance, a semiautomatic picture analyzer and a new semiquantitative disc score could make future studies more comparable. From this basis, the intradiscal application of hyaluronic acid deserves further evaluation.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7874544 DOI: 10.1007/bf02428310
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Spine J ISSN: 0940-6719 Impact factor: 3.134