Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound enhances posterior spinal fusion implanted with mesenchymal stem cells-calcium phosphate composite without bone grafting

• Published in: Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Vol. 36; no. 13; p. 1010
• Main Authors: Hui, Celine Fan Fong, Chan, Chun Wai, Yeung, Hiu Yan, Lee, Kwong Man, Qin, Ling, Li, Gang, Leung, Kwok Sui, Hu, Yun Yu, Cheng, Jack Chun Yiu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2011
• Subjects: Animals; Biocompatible Materials; Calcium Phosphates - chemistry; Cell Differentiation; Cells, Cultured; Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery; Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation - instrumentation; Models, Animal; Osseointegration; Osteogenesis; Palpation; Rabbits; Spinal Fusion; Time Factors; Tissue Scaffolds; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Ultrasonic Therapy

Experimental study on the effect of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) on rabbit spinal fusion with mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-derived osteogenic cells and bioceramic composite. To investigate the efficacy of LIPUS in enhancing fusion rate and bone formation with porous tricalcium phosphate (T...