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
Flexibility Analysis of Posterolateral Fusions in a New Zealand White Rabbit Model
Erulkar J, Grauer J, Patel T, Panjabi M. Flexibility Analysis of Posterolateral Fusions in a New Zealand White Rabbit Model. Spine 2001, 26: 1125-1130. PMID: 11413423, DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200105150-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterolateral fusionRabbit modelAutogenous iliac crest bone graftIliac crest bone graftTime pointsNew Zealand white rabbitsPosterolateral lumbar fusionAdult New Zealand white rabbitsCrest bone graftNew Zealand white rabbit modelZealand white rabbitsHuman cadaveric studyPosterolateral spinal fusionWhite rabbit modelVivo rabbit modelIntertransverse process fusionLumbar fusionClinical studiesBACKGROUND DATASpinal fusionAnimal studiesCadaveric studyBone graftWhite rabbitsManual palpationEvaluation of OP-1 as a Graft Substitute for Intertransverse Process Lumbar Fusion
Grauer J, Patel T, Erulkar J, Troiano N, Panjabi M, Friedlaender G. Evaluation of OP-1 as a Graft Substitute for Intertransverse Process Lumbar Fusion. Spine 2001, 26: 127-133. PMID: 11154530, DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200101150-00004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntertransverse process lumbar fusionIntertransverse process fusionManual palpationLumbar fusionOP-1Rabbit modelAutogenous iliac crest boneProcess fusionGraft substituteNew Zealand white rabbitsIliac crest boneOP-1 groupZealand white rabbitsMultidirectional flexibility testingAutograft specimensLess morbidityBiomechanical testing resultsCrest boneStudy groupAutograft groupBACKGROUND DATAFusion massWhite rabbitsL5-L6Bone graft substitute