Ligamentum flavum (LF) hypertrophy plays a dominant role in lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). A previous study found that fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF9) was upregulated with mechanical stress in rabbit LF. However, the expression and function of FGF9 are not well understood in human LF.

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A significant correlation was observed between the redox state and the area of the wounds. Conclusion The results suggest that our developed novel optical imaging system can successfully be used as an optical indicator of the complex wound healing process noninvasively. 2168-2372 © 2019 IEEE. Translations and content mining are permitted for…[Read more]

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Preoperative prediction of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status in patients with spinal bone metastases (SBM) from primary lung adenocarcinoma is potentially important for treatment decisions.

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Autologous cancellous-bone grafts are the current gold standard for therapeutic interventions in which bone-regeneration is desired. The main limitations of these implants are the need for a secondary surgical site, creating a wound on the patient, the limited availability of harvest-safe bone, and the lack of structural integrity of the grafts.…[Read more]