-
Article
Letter to the Editor regarding: “Cell transplantation in lumbar spine disc degeneration disease” (by C. Hohaus, T.M. Ganey, Y. Minkus and H.J. Meisel: Eur Spine J; 17, Suppl 4:492–503, December 2008)
-
Article
Calcium Microcrystal Formation in Recurrent Herniation Patients After Autologous Disc Cell Transplantation
Autologous disc cell transplantation (ADCT) is a cell-based therapy aiming to initiate regeneration of intervertebral disc (IVD) tissue, but little is known about potential risks. This study aims to investigat...
-
Article
Does sagittal position of the CTDR-related centre of rotation influence functional outcome? Prospective 2-year follow-up analysis
Recent studies describe significant rates of heterotopic ossification (HO) after cervical total disc replacement (CTDR). Little is known about the reasons, and one aspect that requires further in vivo investig...
-
Article
Answer to the letter to the Editor of T. Smoljanovic et al. concerning “Posterior lumbar interbody fusion using rhBMP-2” [Meisel HJ et al. (2008), Eur Spine J 17:1735–1744]
-
Article
Behandlung spinaler Duraverletzungen
Der dichte Duraverschluss ist notwendig, weil sonst die Gefahr der Ausbildung von Liquorzysten- und (-)fisteln besteht, die schwer zu behandeln sind. In ungünstigen Fällen kann es auf diesem Weg zu aufsteigend...
-
Article
Cell transplantation in lumbar spine disc degeneration disease
Low back pain is an extremely common symptom, affecting nearly three-quarters of the population sometime in their life. Given that disc herniation is thought to be an extension of progressive disc degeneration...
-
Article
Total dura substitute in the spine: double layer dural substitute made from polylactide layer and bovine pericardium
When there is significant loss of spinal dura mater, dural substitution with synthetic or allogenic materials is essential. In the case of laminectomy, mechanical protection and reformation of the dorsal spina...
-
Article
Auto fluorescence of intervertebral disc tissue: a new diagnostic tool
The paper reports on auto fluorescence phenomena of inter-vertebral human discs. It systematically investigates the auto fluorescence effects of ex vivo disc specimen and reports on surgical cases to demonstra...
-
Chapter
Nucleus Reconstruction by Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation
-
Article
Effect of Partial Targeted N-Butyl-Cyano-Acrylate Embolization in Brain AVM
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Training sozialer Kompetenz
Bei näherer Betrachtung der gegenwärtigen Situation unserer geschlossenen Psychiatriestation mit Akutkranken fallen die gleichen Probleme auf, die Yalom [4] in seinem grundlegenden Lehrbuch zur „Theorie und Pr...
-
Article
Multiple arteriovenous malformations of the spinal cord in an adolescent: case report
We report long-term follow-up of a rare multiple arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord in a 15-year-old patient. A significant reduction in the size of the lesion was achieved by microsurgical resectio...
-
Article
Paraspinal arteriovenous shunts in children
Arteriovenous shunts within the spinal canal and in the paraspinal region are unusual. Spinal cord and dural arteriovenous communications have been the subject of numerous reports but paraspinal shunts causing...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Ultraschallgesteuerte Spinalchirurgie beim Tethered-cord-Syndrom
Fehlentwicklungen mesenchymaler und neuraler Strukturen führen zu unterschiedlichen spinalen Anomalien. Diese komplizierten Mißbildungen betreffen häufig mehrere Segmente der Wirbelsäule. Dekomprimierendes und...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Rheumatologie
In diesen Untersuchungen gingen wir der Frage nach, ob Mediatoren aus der Frühphase der Entzündung in der Lage sind, PMN auch ohne gleichzeitig ablaufende Phagozytose zu aktivieren. Im einzelnen analysierten w...
