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Tissue samples collection Cervical NP samples were collected through anterior cervical decompression surgery from 20 patients (eight men and twelve women; age range: 35–65 years) with cervical myelopathy or radiculopathy due…
Introduction Low back pain (LBP), the leading cause of disability, affects approximately 80% of the global population in their life span (Chenot et al., 2017). The annual economic cost related…
Introduction The nucleus pulposus (NP) in the normal intervertebral disc (IVD) is surrounded by the peripheral anulus fibrosus (AF), which has no blood passing through it, and its mass exchange…
Trial design This study aims to evaluate the non-inferiority of the outcomes of interlaminar full-endoscopic discectomy versus those of microscopic discectomy using a multicenter RCT design. Our methods have been…
Introduction Low back pain (LBP) is an age-related condition, the prevalence and impact of which are increasing year by year (Cashin et al., 2021; Knezevic et al., 2021). In a…
Introduction More than 80% of the human population experiences low back pain (LBP) at least once in their life (O’Sullivan et al., 2019). In 20% of patients who experience LBP,…
Dowdell J, Erwin M, Choma T, Vaccaro A, Iatridis J, Cho SK. Intervertebral disk degeneration and repair. Neurosurgery. 2017;80(3S):S46–54. PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Khan AN, Jacobsen HE, Khan J,…
Isolation and identification of ISN-SCs ISN-SCs were separated from 3-month-old male Wister rats (320–380 g, Guangdong Experimental Animal Center) according to the following procedure. The rats were euthanized after intraperitoneal injection…
Lumbar fusion and fixation are widely performed for LDD patients, but whether or not it is necessary to remove the fixation instruments after fusion remains unknown. To investigate, we designed…
Introduction Spinal degenerative disease is a major health problem with a social burden worldwide. Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is a major cause of back, neck, and radicular pain, which is…