2004
Development of a New Zealand White Rabbit Model of Spinal Pseudarthrosis Repair and Evaluation of the Potential Role of OP-1 to Overcome Pseudarthrosis
Grauer JN, Vaccaro AR, Kato M, Kwon BK, Beiner JM, Patel TC, Hilibrand AS, Chiba K, Albert TJ. Development of a New Zealand White Rabbit Model of Spinal Pseudarthrosis Repair and Evaluation of the Potential Role of OP-1 to Overcome Pseudarthrosis. Spine 2004, 29: 1405-1412. PMID: 15223930, DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000129028.25671.96.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBone Morphogenetic Protein 7Bone Morphogenetic ProteinsCotinineDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalFemaleHumansIliumInfusion Pumps, ImplantableLumbar VertebraeNicotinePostoperative ComplicationsPseudarthrosisRabbitsRadiographyRecombinant ProteinsSingle-Blind MethodSpinal DiseasesSpinal FusionTransforming Growth Factor betaTransplantation, AutologousWound HealingConceptsNew Zealand white rabbitsPosterolateral lumbar fusionOsteogenic protein-1Zealand white rabbitsLumbar fusionPseudarthrosis repairFusion massFusion rateWhite rabbitsManual palpationIliac crest autograftNew Zealand white rabbit modelTreatment of pseudarthrosesRabbit fusion modelWhite rabbit modelPresence of nicotineCrest autograftBACKGROUND DATAPseudarthrosesComputed tomographyAnimal modelsRabbit modelAutograftGraftWeeks
2001
Osteogenic Protein-1 Overcomes the Inhibitory Effect of Nicotine on Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion
Patel T, Erulkar J, Grauer J, Troiano N, Panjabi M, Friedlaender G. Osteogenic Protein-1 Overcomes the Inhibitory Effect of Nicotine on Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion. Spine 2001, 26: 1656-1661. PMID: 11474350, DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200108010-00004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterolateral lumbar fusionOsteogenic protein-1Inhibitory effectProtein 1Lumbar fusionRabbit posterolateral lumbar fusion modelRabbit posterolateral spine fusion modelFusion massRabbit modelSubcutaneous mini-osmotic pumpsPosterolateral lumbar fusion modelMini-osmotic pumpsNew Zealand white rabbitsNew Zealand white rabbit modelZealand white rabbitsPosterolateral spine fusionSpine fusion modelPosterolateral intertransverse process fusionWhite rabbit modelPresence of nicotineIntertransverse process fusionBone graft alternativesBony fusionBACKGROUND DATASpine fusion