Study protocol: effect of infection, Modic and inflammation on clinical outcomes in surgery for radiculopathy (EIMICOR)

Study protocol: effect of infection, Modic and inflammation on clinical outcomes in surgery for radiculopathy (EIMICOR)

Abstract Background Evidence indicates that inflammatory processes are involved in radicular pain as well as in resorption of herniated disc tissue. Furthermore there are indications that the presence of vertebral end plate pathology (Modic changes; MC) is associated with a negative effect on inflam...

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Main Authors: Niek Djuric, Geraldine Lafeber, Sjoerd G. van Duinen, Sandra Bernards, Wilco C. Peul, Carmen L. A. Vleggeert-Lankamp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Disc herniation
Cervical
Lumbar
Infection
Inflammation
Macrophages
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02377-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02377-4

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