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A Novel Rabbit Model of Mild, Reproducible Disc Degeneration by an Anulus Needle Puncture: Correlation Between the Degree of Disc Injury and Radiological and Histological Appearances of Disc Degeneration
Spine · 2005 · Vol. 30(1) · pp. 5–14
Koichi Masuda✉(Rush University Medical Center)Yoichi AotaCarol MuehlemanYoshiyuki ImaiMasahiko OkumaEugene J-M.A. ThonarGunnar B. J. AnderssonHoward S. An
Abstract
The needle puncture approach, using 16G to 21G needles, resulted in a reproducible decrease of disc height and magnetic resonance imaging grade. The ease of the procedure and transfer of the methodology will benefit researchers studying disc degeneration.
Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedical Imaging and AnalysisMedicineMagnetic resonance imagingDegenerative disc diseaseIntervertebral discDegeneration (medical)Nuclear medicineRadiographyAnimal modelRadiologyPathology
MeSH terms
AnimalsArthrographyDisease Models, AnimalIntervertebral DiscIntervertebral Disc DisplacementMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeedlesRabbitsSeverity of Illness IndexWounds, StabReproducibility of Results
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