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The efficacy of oral vitamin D supplements on fusion outcome in patients receiving elective lumbar spinal fusion—a randomized control trial

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022
Background Previous studies have reported that vitamin D supplement could improve fracture healing, but evidence regarding the role of vitamin D supplements in spinal fusion was limited.
Ming-Hsien Hu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Granular Hydrogels as Modular Biomaterials: From Structural Design to Biological Responses

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Granular hydrogels are now emerging as promising biomaterials due to their inherent microporousity, injectability, and modularity. They have shown improvements in cell viability and migration, cellular/tissue infiltration, host tissue integration, mitigated foreign body response, and tissue regeneration.
Asmasadat Vaziri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Higher incidence of delayed bone fusion for atlantoaxial fusion versus occipitocervical fusion with navigation system

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Background Due to the high stresses placed on the upper cervical spinal region, achieving firm fixation and solid bony fusion is essential for good surgical outcomes.
Masashi Uehara   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Targeted Delivery of Abaloparatide to Spinal Fusion Site Accelerates Fusion Process in Rats

open access: yesBiomedicines
Spinal fusions are performed to treat congenital skeletal malformations, spondylosis, degenerative disk diseases, and other pathologies of the vertebrae that can be resolved by reducing motion between neighboring vertebrae.
Jeffery J. Nielsen   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intraoperative antepulsion of a posterior lumbar interbody fusion cage: three case reports

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2015
Spinal fusion surgery techniques develop together with technologic advancements. New complications are seen as the result of new techniques and these may be very severe due to spinal cord and vascular structures in the lumbar region. The posterior lumbar
Davut Ceylan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcome of anterior lumbar interbody fusion : a retrospective study of clinical and radiologic parameters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objective. This study aims to critically evaluate the long-term results of stand-alone anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF), without use of rhBMP-2, as a therapeutic option for symptomatic patients with degenerative disc disease (DDD).
Caemaert, Jacques   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Clinical Use of S53P4 Bioactive Glass in the Treatment of Bone Defects and Infected Bone: A Systematic Review of the Quality of Clinical Outcomes and A Grade Assessment

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Bioactive glass (BAG) S53P4 is a synthetic bone substitute. Clinically it has been used in the treatment of benign bone tumor surgery, in spine surgery, in trauma surgery, in frontal sinus surgery, in diabetic foot osteomyelitis surgery, in mastoid surgery, in oral and maxillofacial surgery in more than 4000 patients, with excellent clinical long‐term ...
Lindfors CES, Arts JJC, Lindfors NC
wiley   +1 more source

Behavioral recovery and spinal motoneuron remodeling after polyethylene glycol fusion repair of singly cut and ablated sciatic nerves.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Polyethylene glycol repair (PEG-fusion) of severed sciatic axons restores their axoplasmic and membrane continuity, prevents Wallerian degeneration, maintains muscle fiber innervation, and greatly improves recovery of voluntary behaviors.
Cameron L Ghergherehchi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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