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• Spine · Dec 2015

  Magnetic Expansion Control System Achieves Cost Savings Compared to Traditional Growth Rods: An Economic Analysis Model.

  Medical economic model with multi-way sensitivity analysis. ⋯ 2.

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• Spine · Dec 2015

  Leukocytes Enhance Inflammatory and Catabolic Degenerative Changes in the Intervertebral Disc After Endplate Fracture In Vitro Without Infiltrating the Disc.

  An established rabbit intervertebral disc (IVD)/endplate explant fracture model was extended with physiologic post-traumatic dynamic loading (PTDL) and coculturing of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). ⋯ N/A.

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• Spine · Dec 2015

  Range of Motion in Segmental Versus Nonsegmental UHWMPE Sublaminar Wire Growth Guidance Type Constructs for Early Onset Scoliosis Correction.

  An in vitro biomechanical study in porcine thoracic spine segments comparing range of motion (ROM) in segmental versus multiple nonsegmental ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) sublaminar wire constructs. ⋯ N/A.

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• Spine · Dec 2015

  Sympathectomy and sympathetic blockade reduce pain behavior via alpha-2 adrenoceptor of the dorsal root ganglion neurons in a lumbar radiculopathy model.

  Animal experimental study with intervention. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Dec 2015

  Anti-apoptotic effect of highly secreted GMCSF from neuronal cell-specific GMCSF over-expressing neural stem cells in spinal cord injury model.

  Neuronal cell-specific gene expression system and neural stem cells (NSCs) were combined for treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI). ⋯ N/A.

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