PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Barthelemy, C R
AU  - Johansen, J
AU  - Carrera, G F
AU  - Haughton, V M
TI  - Animal model for studying the chronic effects of herniated disks and spinal surgery.
DP  - 1984 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 67--69
VI  - 5
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/5/1/67.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/5/1/67.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1984 Jan 01; 5
AB  - A successful model to study both herniated intervertebral disks and spinal operations such as laminectomy has not been described. Two procedures were developed in nonhuman primates: One produces an elevated nerve root simulating a herniated disk; the second is a laminectomy that simulates the operation in humans. Twenty-five surgical procedures were performed with no complications. A myelographic abnormality typical of a disk herniation results from the simulated disk herniation. The chronic effects of herniated disk and spinal surgery can be studied with this model.