Increase of IL-12 following reconstruction for total en bloc spondylectomy using frozen autografts treated with liquid nitrogen.

BACKGROUND: Total en bloc spondylectomy (TES) is a surgery designed to achieve complete resection of a malignant spinal tumor such as spinal metastasis. Although this procedure decreases the rate of local recurrence, it is questionable whether local control prolongs patient's survival. We devel...

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Main Authors: Hideki Murakami, Satoru Demura, Satoshi Kato, Hideji Nishida, Katsuhito Yoshioka, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Kei Inoue, Takashi Ota, Kazuya Shinmura, Noriaki Yokogawa, Xiang Fang, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3667035?pdf=render

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