Tissue engineering advances in spine surgery

Guideline update for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 16: Bone graft extenders and substitutes as an adjunct for lumbar fusion

(2014) Michael G. Kaiser et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

Sox9 Gene Transfer Enhanced Regenerative Effect of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells on the Degenerated Intervertebral Disc in a Rabbit Model

(2014) Wei Sun et al.   PLoS One

Safety and Effectiveness of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 for Spinal Fusion

(2013) Mark C. Simmonds et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Effectiveness and Harms of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Spine Fusion

(2013) Rongwei Fu et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

An annulus fibrosus closure device based on a biodegradable shape-memory polymer network

(2013) Shahriar Sharifi et al.   BIOMATERIALS

A review of mouse critical size defect models in weight bearing bones

(2013) Jonathan S. Harris et al.   BONE

Clinical sequelae after rhBMP-2 use in a minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

(2013) Kern Singh et al.   Spine Journal

Biodegradable nanocomposite hydrogel structures with enhanced mechanical properties prepared by photo-crosslinking solutions of poly(trimethylene carbonate)–poly(ethylene glycol)–poly(trimethylene carbonate) macromonomers and nanoclay particles

(2012) Shahriar Sharifi et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

The role of Osteocel Plus as a fusion substrate in minimally invasive instrumented transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

(2012) Joshua M. Ammerman et al.   CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY

Biocompatibility and biodegradation studies of PCL/β-TCP bone tissue scaffold fabricated by structural porogen method

(2012) Lin Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN MEDICINE

Clinical Evaluation of Mineralized Collagen as a Bone Graft Substitute for Anterior Cervical Intersomatic Fusion

(2012) X. Yu et al.   Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Allograft bone matrix versus synthetic bone graft substitutes

(2011) Gerald Zimmermann et al.   INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED

Complications following autologous bone graft harvesting from the iliac crest and using the RIA: A systematic review

(2011) Rozalia Dimitriou et al.   INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED

Biomechanical evaluation of conventional anulus fibrosus closure methods required for nucleus replacement

(2011) Frank Heuer et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

Regeneration of the Intervertebral Disc With Nucleus Pulposus Cell-Seeded Collagen II/Hyaluronan/Chondroitin-6-Sulfate Tri-Copolymer Constructs in a Rabbit Disc Degeneration Model

(2011) Bo Huang et al.   SPINE

Biocompatibility and osteogenesis of biomimetic Bioglass-Collagen-Phosphatidylserine composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

(2010) Caixia Xu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Biomechanical and in vivo evaluation of experimental closure devices of the annulus fibrosus designed for a goat nucleus replacement model

(2010) Johannes L. Bron et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

A novel method of selecting solvents for polymer electrospinning

(2010) C.J. Luo et al.   POLYMER

Hypoxia and stem cell-based engineering of mesenchymal tissues

(2009) Teng Ma et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS

Nucleus pulposus tissue engineering: a brief review

(2009) Xinlin Yang et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Enhancing annulus fibrosus tissue formation in porous silk scaffolds

(2009) Godfrey Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Fabrication and characterization of electrospun poly-DL-lactide (PDLLA) fibrous coatings on 45S5 Bioglass® substrates for bone tissue engineering applications

(2009) D. M. Yunos et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Novel wet electrospinning system for fabrication of spongiform nanofiber 3-dimensional fabric

(2009) Yoshiro Yokoyama et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Nanofibrous biologic laminates replicate the form and function of the annulus fibrosus

(2009) Nandan L. Nerurkar et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Use of Solid and Cancellous Autologous Bone Graft for Fractures and Nonunions

(2009) James T. Marino et al.   ORTHOPEDIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Regeneration of Intervertebral Disc Tissue by Resorbable Cell-Free Polyglycolic Acid-Based Implants in a Rabbit Model of Disc Degeneration

(2009) Alexander Abbushi et al.   SPINE

Self-Assembly of Aligned Tissue-Engineered Annulus Fibrosus and Intervertebral Disc Composite Via Collagen Gel Contraction

(2009) Robby D. Bowles et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

A Strategy for the Covalent Functionalization of Resorbable Polymers with Heparin and Osteoinductive Growth Factor

(2008) Ulrica Edlund et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Construction of anticoagulant poly (lactic acid) films via surface covalent graft of heparin-carrying microcapsules

(2008) Juan Li et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Immobilization of Heparin: Approaches and Applications

(2008) Robert Linhardt et al.   CURRENT TOPICS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Cell transplantation in lumbar spine disc degeneration disease

(2008) C. Hohaus et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Controlled release of heparin-binding growth factors using heparin-containing particulate systems for tissue regeneration

(2008) Yoon Ki Joung et al.   Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Adenovirus-mediated expression of growth and differentiation factor-5 promotes chondrogenesis of adipose stem cells

(2008) Gang Feng et al.   GROWTH FACTORS

A prospective consecutive study of instrumented posterolateral lumbar fusion using synthetic hydroxyapatite (Bongros®-HA) as a bone graft extender

(2008) Jae Hyup Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Characterization of photocrosslinked alginate hydrogels for nucleus pulposus cell encapsulation

(2008) Alice I. Chou et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Interconnected porous hydroxyapatite ceramics for bone tissue engineering

(2008) H. Yoshikawa et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Synergistic Actions of Hematopoietic and Mesenchymal Stem/Progenitor Cells in Vascularizing Bioengineered Tissues

(2008) Eduardo K. Moioli et al.   PLoS One

ISSLS Prize Winner: Integrating Theoretical and Experimental Methods for Functional Tissue Engineering of the Annulus Fibrosus

(2008) Nandan L. Nerurkar et al.   SPINE

Single-Level Instrumented Posterolateral Fusion of Lumbar Spine With β-Tricalcium Phosphate Versus Autograft

(2008) Li-Yang Dai et al.   SPINE

Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells from the sand rat: transforming growth factor beta and 3D co-culture with human disc cells stimulate proteoglycan and collagen type I rich extracellular matrix

(2008) Hazel Tapp et al.   ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

The use of thermal treatments to enhance the mechanical properties of electrospun poly(ɛ-caprolactone) scaffolds

(2007) Sang Jin Lee et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Human mesenchymal stem cell differentiation to NP-like cells in chitosan–glycerophosphate hydrogels

(2007) Stephen M. Richardson et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Regenerative treatment strategies in spinal surgery

(2007) Aldemar Andres Hegewald   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Rheological characterization of photopolymerized poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels for potential use in nucleus pulposus replacement

(2007) Rebecca A. Bader et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Mouse growth and differentiation factor-5 protein and DNA therapy potentiates intervertebral disc cell aggregation and chondrogenic gene expression

(2007) Min Cui et al.   Spine Journal