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List of works by Munetaka Suzuki

18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET for patients with suspected spondylitis showing Modic change

scientific article published on December 2010

Assessment of Clinical Symptoms in Lumbar Foraminal Stenosis Using the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire

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Associations between sarcopenia and degenerative lumbar scoliosis in older women

scientific article published on 16 March 2017

Change in Modic type 1 and 2 signals after posterolateral fusion surgery

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Characteristics of sensory dorsal root ganglia neurons innervating the lumbar vertebral body in rats

scientific article published on 26 March 2007

Clinical applications of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar foraminal nerve root entrapment.

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Conservative and surgical treatment improves pain and ankle-brachial index in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

scientific article published on July 2013

Diagnosis of Lumbar Foraminal Stenosis using Diffusion Tensor Imaging

scientific article published on 16 February 2016

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging to differentiate degenerative from infectious endplate abnormalities in the lumbar spine

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

Diffusion tensor tractography of the lumbar nerves before a direct lateral transpsoas approach to treat degenerative lumbar scoliosis

scientific article published on 25 January 2019

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of symptomatic nerve root of patients with lumbar disk herniation.

scientific article published on 16 November 2010

Direct application of the TNF-alpha inhibitor, etanercept, does not affect CGRP expression and phenotypic change of DRG neurons following application of nucleus pulposus onto injured sciatic nerves in rats

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Direct evidence for sensory innervation of the dorsal portion of the Co5/6 coccygeal intervertebral disc in rats

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Direct single injection of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor does not affect calcitonin gene-related peptide expression in dorsal root ganglion neurons innervating punctured discs in rats

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Discrimination between Lumbar Intraspinal Stenosis and Foraminal Stenosis using Diffusion Tensor Imaging Parameters: Preliminary Results.

scientific article published on 15 April 2016

Effect of applying p75NTR saporin to a punctured intervertebral disc on calcitonin gene-related peptide expression in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons

scientific article published in May 2010

Effectiveness of L2 spinal nerve infiltration for selective discogenic low back pain patients

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Evaluation of low back pain using the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire for lumbar spinal disease in a multicenter study: differences in scores based on age, sex, and type of disease.

scientific article published in January 2010

Existence of nerve growth factor receptors, tyrosine kinase a and p75 neurotrophin receptors in intervertebral discs and on dorsal root ganglion neurons innervating intervertebral discs in rats

scientific article published in September 2008

Existence of pyogenic spondylitis in Modic type 1 change without other signs of infection: 2-year follow-up

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Incidence of nocturnal leg cramps in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis before and after conservative and surgical treatment

scientific article published on April 2014

Influence of Skeletal Muscle Mass and Spinal Alignment on Surgical Outcomes for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.

scientific article published on 4 June 2018

Inhibiting nerve growth factor or its receptors downregulates calcitonin gene-related peptide expression in rat lumbar dorsal root ganglia innervating injured intervertebral discs.

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L2 spinal nerve-block effects on acute low back pain from osteoporotic vertebral fracture

scientific article published in August 2009

Long-term intravenous administration of antibiotics for lumbar spinal surgery prolongs the duration of hospital stay and time to normalize body temperature after surgery

scientific article published in December 2008

Low affinity NGF receptor (p75 neurotrophin receptor) inhibitory antibody reduces pain behavior and CGRP expression in DRG in the mouse sciatic nerve crush model

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Low back pain after lumbar discectomy in patients showing endplate modic type 1 change

scientific article published in June 2010

Lumbar posterolateral fusion inhibits sensory nerve ingrowth into punctured lumbar intervertebral discs and upregulation of CGRP immunoreactive DRG neuron innervating punctured discs in rats

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Nerve growth factor of cultured medium extracted from human degenerative nucleus pulposus promotes sensory nerve growth and induces substance p in vitro

scientific article published in October 2009

Nuclear factor-kappa B decoy suppresses nerve injury and improves mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia in a rat lumbar disc herniation model

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One, two-, and three-level instrumented posterolateral fusion of the lumbar spine with a local bone graft: a prospective study with a 2-year follow-up

scientific article published in August 2011

Perioperative Complications in 155 Patients Who Underwent Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion Surgery: Perspectives and Indications From a Retrospective, Multicenter Survey

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Pilot study of oblique lumbar interbody fusion using mobile percutaneous pedicle screw and validation by a three-dimensional finite element assessment

scientific article published on 13 April 2020

Post-Operative Spinal Epidural Hematoma after Thoracic and Lumbar Spinous Process-Splitting Laminectomy for Thoracic and Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

scientific article published on 25 January 2019

Pregabalin for Refractory Radicular Leg Pain due to Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Preliminary Prospective Study

scientific article published on 29 March 2016

Primary sensory neurons with dichotomizing axons projecting to the facet joint and the low back muscle in rats

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Proinflammatory cytokines in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with lumbar radiculopathy

scientific article published on 17 October 2010

Recent advances in magnetic resonance neuroimaging of lumbar nerve to clinical applications: A review of clinical studies utilizing Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance neurography

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

Results of surgery for discogenic low back pain: a randomized study using discography versus discoblock for diagnosis

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Risedronate decreases bone resorption and improves low back pain in postmenopausal osteoporosis patients without vertebral fractures

scientific article published on 30 December 2009

Rotational hypermobility of disc wedging using kinematic CT: preliminary study to investigate the instability of discs in degenerated scoliosis in the lumbar spine

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Sensory innervation of lumbar vertebral bodies in rats.

scientific article published in June 2007

Simultaneous MR neurography and apparent T2 mapping of cervical nerve roots before microendoscopic surgery to treat patient with radiculopathy due to cervical disc herniation: Preliminary results

scientific article published on 13 September 2019

Single-level instrumented posterolateral fusion of the lumbar spine with a local bone graft versus an iliac crest bone graft: a prospective, randomized study with a 2-year follow-up

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Single-level instrumented posterolateral fusion versus non-instrumented anterior interbody fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis: a prospective study with a 2-year follow-up

scientific article published on 13 May 2011

Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of selected patients with discogenic low back pain: a small-sized randomized trial

scientific article published in March 2011

TNF-alpha in nucleus pulposus induces sensory nerve growth: a study of the mechanism of discogenic low back pain using TNF-alpha-deficient mice

scientific article published in June 2008

The diagnosis of double-crush lesion in the L5 lumbar nerve using diffusion tensor imaging

scientific article published on 01 December 2015

The effects of risedronate and exercise on osteoporotic lumbar rat vertebrae and their sensory innervation

scientific article published on October 2010

The influence of sarcopenia in dropped head syndrome in older women

scientific article published on 22 February 2017

Transfection of rat cells with proopiomeranocortin gene, precursor of endogenous endorphin, using radial shock waves suppresses inflammatory pain

scientific article published in October 2009

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the nucleus pulposus mediates radicular pain, but not increase of inflammatory peptide, associated with nerve damage in mice

scientific article published on 01 August 2008

Uni- and bilateral instrumented posterolateral fusion of the lumbar spine with local bone grafting: a prospective study with a 2-year follow-up

scientific article published in December 2011

Up-regulation of p55 TNF alpha-receptor in dorsal root ganglia neurons following lumbar facet joint injury in rats

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