Letter to the Editor regarding: “Cell transplantation in lumbar spine disc degeneration disease” (by C. Hohaus, T.M. Ganey, Y. Minkus and H.J. Meisel: Eur Spine J; 17, Suppl 4:492–503, December 2008)

[摘要] Regarding our paper on cell transplantation in respect to our previously published work, I would like to state as follows: The first manuscript represented original work in intervertebral disc cell transplantation in a canine model. This study was modeled to predict safety and efficacy that would support clinical applications of expanded disc chondrocytes. ‘‘Disc Chondrocyte Transplantation in a Canine Model: A Treatment of damaged Intervertebral Disc’’ (SPINE; Vol. 28, Nr. 23: 2609–2620, 2003).