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Removal of nucleus pulposus from the intervertebral disc – the use of chymopapain enhances mechanical removal with rongeurs: a laboratory study

BACKGROUND: A laboratory study was conducted, on cadaveric sheep spines to develop an effective procedure for removing as much nucleus as possible from an intervertebral disc with minimal disruption to the annulus. The results of many studies involving removal of nucleus, including chemonucleolysis,...

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Autores principales: Dang, Lei, Wardlaw, Douglas, Hukins, David WL
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2231359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18078511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-8-122