Effect of cartilaginous endplates on extruded disc resorption in lumbar disc herniation

Kenichi Kawaguchi; Katsumi Harimaya; Yoshihiro Matsumoto; Mitsumasa Hayashida; Seiji Okada; Keiichiro Iida; Go Kato; Kuniyoshi Tsuchiya; Toshio Doi; Yoshinao Oda; Yukihide Iwamoto; Yasuharu Nakashima

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0195946

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Effect of cartilaginous endplates on extruded disc resorption in lumbar disc herniation

Kenichi Kawaguchi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: kawaken@ortho.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1841-8950

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Katsumi Harimaya,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Yoshihiro Matsumoto,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Mitsumasa Hayashida,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Seiji Okada,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Keiichiro Iida,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Go Kato,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saga-Ken Medical Center, Saga, Japan
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Kuniyoshi Tsuchiya,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, JCHO Kyushu Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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Toshio Doi,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Oita, Japan
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Yoshinao Oda,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Anatomic Pathology, Pathological Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Yukihide Iwamoto,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Yasuharu Nakashima

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Effect of cartilaginous endplates on extruded disc resorption in lumbar disc herniation

Kenichi Kawaguchi,
Katsumi Harimaya,
Yoshihiro Matsumoto,
Mitsumasa Hayashida,
Seiji Okada,
Keiichiro Iida,
Go Kato,
Kuniyoshi Tsuchiya,
Toshio Doi,
Yoshinao Oda

Published: April 17, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195946

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