Cages and chondrocytes: techniques to replace and regenerate the troublesome intervertebral disc.
Techniques for spinal surgery are developing apace, and there are divergent views on the merits of facilitating spinal fusion or attempting to replace or regenerate the degenerative intervertebral disc. The different strategies and preferred materials are described.
Williams
David
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University of Liverpool. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
D001860:Bone Plates; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000639:trends*