Oxygen and lactate concentrations measured in vivo in the intervertebral discs of patients with scoliosis and back pain.
STUDY DESIGN: Oxygen concentrations in intervertebral discs were measured in 10 patients during discography and in 13 patients with scoliosis and 11 patients with back pain during spinal surgery. Lactate concentration profiles were measured in 12 of these discs. The discs were graded for degeneratio...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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