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

Biomedicines
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, Stewart A. Low, Christopher Chen, Xinlan Li, Ephraim Mbachu, Lina Trigg, Siyuan Sun, Madeline Tremby, Rahul Hadap, Philip S. Low   +9 more
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Transient Local Bone Remodeling Effects of rhBMP-2 in an Ovine Interbody Spine Fusion Model [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) is a powerful osteoinductive morphogen capable of stimulating the migration of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to the site of implantation and inducing the proliferation and ...
Badura, Jeffrey, Bae, Hyun W., Patel, Vikas V., Pradhan, Ben B., Sardar, Zeeshan M., Seim, Howard, Toth, Jeffrey M., Turner, Anthony S.   +7 more
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Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

Advanced 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, Samiha Ahmed, Majed Othman Althumayri, Megan Guy, Darlenne Chavez Lugo, Frances S. Ligler, George T. Ligler, Rahmi Oklu, Hiroshi Kawahira, Michael J. McShane, Jun Kameoka, Jonathan Bova, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced Recovery after an Innovative Percutaneous Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Prospective Observational Study [PDF]

, 2021
Peng Yin, Haifeng Gao, Lijin Zhou, Daming Pang, Yong Hai, Jincai Yang   +5 more
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Trends and Costs of External Electrical Bone Stimulators and Grafting Materials in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. [PDF]

, 2018
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review. PURPOSE: To identify the trends in stimulator use, pair those trends with various grafting materials, and determine the influence of stimulators on the risk of revision surgery.
Brodke, Darrel Scott, Buser, Zorica, D\u27Oro, Anthony, Hsieh, Patrick, Meisel, Hans-Joerg, Park, Jong-Beom, Radcliff, Kristen, Wang, Jeffrey Chun, Yoon, Sangwook Tim, Youssef, Jim Aimen   +9 more
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Characterization of an Injectable Poly(vinyl alcohol)‐gelatin Hydrogel for Growth Factor Delivery in an Orthopedic Application

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces photo‐crosslinkable tyraminated poly(vinyl alcohol)‐gelatin (PVA‐GT) hydrogels as tunable injectable platforms for tissue engineering and growth factor delivery applications. This schematic illustrates the two developed hydrogel formulations and the experimental workflow used to evaluate their physico‐chemical properties in vitro ...
Alessia Longoni, Gretel S. Major, Sam Arnold, Samuel Tomkins, Eugenia Spessot, Scott Loeffler, Kieran Lau, Richard Tan, Jessica Harte, Roslyn Kemp, Tess Reynolds, Jelena Rnjak‐Kovacina, Gary J. Hooper, Tim B. F. Woodfield, David C. Kieser, Khoon S. Lim   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

BMC 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, Shota Ikegami, Hiroki Oba, Terue Hatakenaka, Daisuke Kurogochi, Takuma Fukuzawa, Shinji Sasao, Tetsuhiko Mimura, Jun Takahashi   +8 more
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Comparing the efficacy of syngeneic iliac and femoral allografts with iliac crest autograft in a rat model of lumbar spinal fusion

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2020
Background Despite widespread use of femoral-sourced allografts in clinical spinal fusion procedures and the increasing interest in using femoral reamer–irrigator–aspirator (RIA) autograft in clinical bone grafting, few studies have examined the efficacy
Christina Holmes, Benjamin D. Elder, Wataru Ishida, Alexander Perdomo-Pantoja, John Locke, Ethan Cottrill, Sheng-Fu L. Lo, Timothy F. Witham   +7 more
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FGFR1-TACC1 fusion associated with malignant transformation in a primary spinal cord glioma: a case report [PDF]

, 2021
David T. Asuzu, Bhargav Desai, Dominic Maggio, James W. Mandell, Abhik Ray‐Chaudhury, Zied Abdullaev, Kenneth Aldape, John D. Heiss, Avery L. Buchholz   +8 more
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Advanced 3D Platforms for Modeling CNS Neuroinflammation: Cell Integration, Techniques, and Challenges

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the roles of key central nervous system cell types, the extracellular matrix, and the blood‐brain barrier in neuroinflammation, and their integration into diverse 3D culture systems. It examines major incorporation strategies, including direct co‐culture, hydrogel encapsulation, transwell migration assays, and bioprinting ...
Emmanuelle D. Aiyegbusi, Julia Di Stefano, Dearbhaile Dooley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source