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Percutaneous Disc Decompression with Nucleoplasty–Volumetry of the Nucleus Pulposus Using Ultrahigh-Field MRI

PURPOSE: To evaluate changes in nucleus pulposus volume as a potential parameter for the effects of disc decompression. METHODS: Fifty-two discs (T8 to L1) were extracted from 26 pigs and separated into thoracic (T8 to T11) and thoracolumbar discs (T12 to L1). The discs were imaged using 7.1 Tesla u...

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Autores principales: Kasch, Richard, Mensel, Birger, Schmidt, Florian, Drescher, Wolf, Pfuhl, Ralf, Ruetten, Sebastian, Merk, Harry R., Kayser, Ralph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3405080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041497