Chapter-216 Degenerative Disc Disease: Pathophysiology
BOOK TITLE: Chapman’s Comprehensive Orthopaedic Surgery
Author
1. Lotz Jeffrey C
2. Dudli Stefan
3. Fields Aaron J
ISBN
9789351524977
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18276_217
Edition
4/e
Publishing Year
2019
Pages
13
Author Affiliations
1.
University of California—San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
2.
ETH Zurich, Institute for Biomechanics, University Hospital Zurich, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Zurich, Switzerland
3.
University of California—San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Chapter keywords
Degenerative disc disease,
pathophysiology,
extracellular matrix,
cell,
nutrition,
innervation,
biomechanics,
physiologic degeneration,
pathologic degeneration,
risk factor,
diagnostic