The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 212-218 , March 2010

Cytokine evaluation in individuals with low back pain using discographic lavage

  • Jason M. Cuellar, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY 10003, USA
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  • S. Raymond Golish, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA
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  • Merrill W. Reuter, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Private Practice, Lake Worth, FL 33460, USA
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  • Vanessa G. Cuellar, MD

      Affiliations

    • New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY 10003, USA
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  • Martin S. Angst, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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  • Eugene J. Carragee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA
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  • David C. Yeomans, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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  • Gaetano J. Scuderi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, 94063.

Received 18 February 2009 ,Revised 20 November 2009 ,Accepted 14 December 2009.

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: JMC (stock ownership, including options and warrants, Cytonics; scientific advisory board, Cytonics; research: staff/materials, Cytonics); SRG (stock ownership, including options and warrants, Cytonics Inc; scientific advisory board, Cytonics); MWR (stock ownership, including options and warrants, Cytonics; private investments, including venture capital, start-ups, Cytonics); VGC (stock ownership, including options and warrants, Cytonics Corp; scientific advisory board, Cytonics Corp); MSA (royalties, Stanford University; stock ownership, including options and warrants, Cytonics; consulting, Trigemina Inc, Cortex Inc, Vertex Inc; scientific advisory board, Cytonics Inc; research: investigator salary, Scientific Imaginetics; research: staff/materials, Scientific Imaginetics); EJC (consulting, Medtronic; scientific advisory board, Intrinsic Orthopedics, Cytonics; other office, Bioassetts; grants, AO Foundation; fellowship support, DePuy Spine); DCY (stock ownership, including options and warrants, Cytonics Inc; scientific advisory board, Cytonics, Inc); GJS (stock ownership, including options and warrants, Cytonics Corp; private investments, including venture capital, start-ups, K2 Medical; board of directors, Cytonics; scientific advisory board, Cytonics; other office, Chairman).

PII: S1529-9430(09)01127-9

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.12.007

The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 212-218 , March 2010