Does a needle puncture into the annulus fibrosus cause disc degeneration?

Kang, James D · Spine J · 2010

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Abstract

Michalek AJ, Buckley MR, Bonassar LJ, et al. The effects of needle puncture injury on microscale shear strain in the intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus. Spine J 2010:10:1098-105 (in this issue).

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