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Notochordal Cell Matrix As a Therapeutic Agent for Intervertebral Disc Regeneration

Tissue Eng Part A. 2018 Jun 29. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2018.0026. [Epub ahead of print]

NCM has potential in a regenerative therapy for disc degeneration, and warrants additional in vivo studies.

Small animal: Biologics - Osteoarthritis - Spine

Potential regenerative treatment strategies for intervertebral disc degeneration in dogs

BMC Vet Res. 2014 Jan 4;10:3. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-3.

The aim of this article is to review potential regenerative treatment strategies for canine IVD degeneration, with specific emphasis on cell-based strategies.

Small animal: Osteoarthritis - Spine

The chondrodystrophic dog: A clinically relevant intermediate-sized animal model for the study of intervertebral disc-associated spinal pain

JOR Spine. 2018 Mar;1(1):e1011 Epub 2018 Mar 28.

Future exploration of the canine model as a model of IVD-associated spinal pain will further demonstrate its translational capabilities with the added ethical benefit of treating an existing veterinary patient population with IVDD.

Small animal: Osteoarthritis - Spine

Incoming meetings and courses

September 12, 2018 to September 15, 2018

WVOC 2018

5th World Veterinary Orthopaedic Congress ESVOT-VOS

Barcelona, Spain

Full paper offered by V.C.O.T.

Vcot

Comparison of Three Methods to Quantify Laxity in the Canine Hip Joint

Bart J. G. Broeckx, Aldo Vezzoni, Evelien Bogaerts, Mileva Bertal, Tim Bosmans, Emmelie Stock, Dieter Deforce, Luc Peelman, Jimmy H. Saunders

Objectives: Comparison of PennHIP and a novel method to diagnose hip laxity, called the Vezzoni modified Badertscher distension device technique.