A histological examination of spinal reconstruction using a frozen bone autograft.

Our aim was to compare the process of bone formation after reconstruction of the vertebral body using a titanium cage with either a liquid nitrogen-treated (frozen) bone autograft or non-treated fresh bone autograft. Twelve canine beagles underwent anterior reconstruction of the 5th lumbar vertebrae...

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Main Authors: Kazuya Shinmura, Hideki Murakami, Satoru Demura, Satoshi Kato, Katsuhito Yoshioka, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Kei Inoue, Takashi Ota, Noriaki Yokogawa, Takayoshi Ishii, Takashi Igarashi, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5784937?pdf=render