Thermoresponsive, redox-polymerized cellulosic hydrogels undergo in situ gelation and restore intervertebral disc biomechanics post discectomy

Back and neck pain are commonly associated with intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration. Structural augmentation of diseased nucleus pulposus (NP) tissue with biomaterials could restore degeneration-related IVD height loss and degraded biomechanical behaviors; however, effective NP replacement biomat...

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Published in:	European Cells & Materials
Main Authors:	DM Varma, HA Lin, RG Long, GT Gold, AC Hecht, JC Iatridis, SB Nicoll
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC 2018-05-01
Subjects:	Intervertebral disc nucleus pulposus cellulosic hydrogel injectable discectomy
Online Access:	http://www.ecmjournal.org/papers/vol035/pdf/v035a21.pdf