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Shivam U Desai1, Sai Sadhananth Srinivasan2, Sangamesh Gurappa Kumbar2

  • 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Central Michigan University, College of Medicine, Saginaw, MI 48602, USA.

Gels (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 22, 2024
PubMed
概括

水凝对治疗椎间盘退化 (IVD) 有希望,提供一种超出症状控制的疾病修饰方法. 本综述探讨了用于IVD修复和再生的水凝应用.

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