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Modification of the degenerative response in experimental intervertebral disk herniation in rabbits
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
Journal of Spinal Disorders
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Experimental intervertebral disk degeneration is produced by ventral surgical herniation of the nucleus pulposus in rabbits. Posterior methylmethacrylate immobilization can modify the degenerative response but will only do so if applied by 2 days after ventral herniation.