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Repurposing Human Osteoarthritic Cartilage as a Bone Graft Substitute in an Athymic Rat Posterolateral Spinal Fusion Model
ALAN B.C. DANG, HELENA HONG, KATIE LEE, TAMMY LUAN, SANJAY REDDY and ALFRED C. KUO
International Journal of Spine Surgery December 2018, 12 (6) 735-742; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14444/5092
ALAN B.C. DANG
1Orthopaedic Section, Surgical Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California
2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California
MDHELENA HONG
3Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
BAKATIE LEE
2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California
BATAMMY LUAN
1Orthopaedic Section, Surgical Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California
BASANJAY REDDY
1Orthopaedic Section, Surgical Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California
MSALFRED C. KUO
1Orthopaedic Section, Surgical Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California
2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California
MD, PHDFigure 2
Figure 2
Micro–computed tomography images showing time course of single-level posterolateral lumbar spinal fusion using hypertrophic chondrocyte pellet grafts in a single animal. (a, b) In vivo immediately after implantation. (c, d) In vivo 4 weeks postoperatively. (e, f) Ex vivo 8 weeks postoperatively.
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Repurposing Human Osteoarthritic Cartilage as a Bone Graft Substitute in an Athymic Rat Posterolateral Spinal Fusion Model
ALAN B.C. DANG, HELENA HONG, KATIE LEE, TAMMY LUAN, SANJAY REDDY, ALFRED C. KUO
International Journal of Spine Surgery Dec 2018, 12 (6) 735-742; DOI: 10.14444/5092
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