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From: Inhibition of both endplate nutritional pathways results in intervertebral disc degeneration in a goat model

Fig. 1

The surgical procedure of blocking both endplate nutritional pathways by cement injection. The determined lumbar vertebral bodies and intervertebral discs were exposed (a), and the slots were made parallel and close to the endplates (about 2 mm away) (green arrows in b). The bone cement was injected to fill the bone defect (yellow arrows in c), and the lumber vertebral laminas after osteotomy were shown in d

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X