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List of works by Tomoyuki Ozawa

Associations between sarcopenia and degenerative lumbar scoliosis in older women

scientific article published on 16 March 2017

Asymmetrical Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy for Rigid Degenerative Lumbar Kyphoscoliosis

scientific article published on October 1, 2012

Characteristics of sensory DRG neurons innervating the lumbar facet joints in rats

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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

Disc inflammation potentially promotes axonal regeneration of dorsal root ganglion neurons innervating lumbar intervertebral disc in rats

scientific article published in December 2004

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

Exposure of the nucleus pulposus to the outside of the anulus fibrosus induces nerve injury and regeneration of the afferent fibers innervating the lumbar intervertebral discs in rats

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Expression and co-expression of VR1, CGRP, and IB4-binding glycoprotein in dorsal root ganglion neurons in rats: differences between the disc afferents and the cutaneous afferents

scientific article published on July 2005

Glial phosphorylated p38 MAP kinase mediates pain in a rat model of lumbar disc herniation and induces motor dysfunction in a rat model of lumbar spinal canal stenosis

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Horizontal fixation of the L3 vertebra with a tilt of less than 5° can prevent the long-term curve progression of unfused adult scoliosis: ten-year follow-up study of concave PLIF at the wedged disc below the caudal end vertebra

scientific article published on March 2015

ISSLS prize winner: disc dynamic compression in rats produces long-lasting increases in inflammatory mediators in discs and induces long-lasting nerve injury and regeneration of the afferent fibers innervating discs: a pathomechanism for chronic dis

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In-vivo transfection of the proopiomelanocortin gene, precursor of endogenous endorphin, by use of radial shock waves alleviates neuropathic pain

scientific article published on 27 April 2013

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

Insertional torque of the lumbar pedicle screw during surgery

scientific article published in January 2005

L5 spinal nerve injury caused by misplacement of outwardly-inserted S1 pedicle screws

scientific article published on 28 December 2012

Modified Open-Door Laminoplasty Using a Ceramic Spacer and Suture Fixation for Cervical Myelopathy

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P2X3-immunoreactive primary sensory neurons innervating lumbar intervertebral disc in rats

scientific article published on November 7, 2003

Platelet-rich plasma combined with hydroxyapatite for lumbar interbody fusion promoted bone formation and decreased an inflammatory pain neuropeptide in rats

scientific article published in September 2012

Postoperative lumbar spinal stenosis after intertransverse fusion with granules of hydroxyapatite: a case report

scientific article published on 7 November 2012

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

scientific article published on 29 March 2016

Severe lumbar retrospondylolisthesis associated with hemodialysis in a patient with chronic renal failure: a case report

scientific article published in July 2005

Short-segment fixation without fusion for thoracolumbar burst fractures with neurological deficit can preserve thoracolumbar motion without resulting in post-traumatic disc degeneration: a 10-year follow-up study

scientific article published in August 2013

Teriparatide accelerates lumbar posterolateral fusion in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis: prospective study

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The degenerated lumbar intervertebral disc is innervated primarily by peptide-containing sensory nerve fibers in humans

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

The dorsal portion of the lumbar intervertebral disc is innervated primarily by small peptide-containing dorsal root ganglion neurons in rats

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Tumor necrosis factor-immunoreactive cells and PGP 9.5-immunoreactive nerve fibers in vertebral endplates of patients with discogenic low back Pain and Modic Type 1 or Type 2 changes on MRI

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Up-regulation of TNFalpha in DRG satellite cells following lumbar facet joint injury in rats

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Vertebral compression exacerbates osteoporotic pain in an ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis rat model

scientific article published in November 2013