Thesis
Regenerative and biomimetic strategies in spinal surgery
- Abstract:
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Degenerative conditions of the spine are a major public health problem, leading to severe back pain, reduced quality of life and chronic disablement in a proportion of sufferers. For some of these patients, spinal fusion surgery is a treatment that can alleviate back pain and restore normal function. However, limitations in the availability of graft material mean that alternative grafts are needed and tissue-engineering approaches have been employed.
Using a novel self-organising co...
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Authors
Contributors
+ Lavy, C
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Role:
Supervisor
+ Ye, C
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Role:
Supervisor
+ Czernuszka, J
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Role:
Supervisor
+ Fairbank, J
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2015
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:11605
- Deposit date:
- 2015-06-09
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Sharma, A
- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Notes:
- This thesis is not currently available in ORA.
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