Masahiko Okuma

A Novel Rabbit Model of Mild, Reproducible Disc Degeneration by an Anulus Needle Puncture: Correlation Between the Degree of Disc Injury and Radiological and Histological Appearances of Disc Degeneration

Koichi Masuda, Yoichi Aota, Carol Muehleman et al. · Spine · 2005 · 723 citations

Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Pathology +11

Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells embedded in Atelocollagen® gel to the intervertebral disc: a potential therapeutic model for disc degeneration

Daisuke Sakai, Joji Mochida, Takeshi Nomura et al. · Biomaterials · 2003 · 403 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery +15

Osteogenic Protein-1 Injection Into a Degenerated Disc Induces the Restoration of Disc Height and Structural Changes in the Rabbit Anular Puncture Model

Koichi Masuda, Yoshiyuki Imai, Masahiko Okuma et al. · Spine · 2006 · 283 citations

Medicine, Bioengineering, Pathology +17

Reinsertion of stimulated nucleus pulposus cells retards intervertebral disc degeneration: An <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i> experimental study

Masahiko Okuma, Joji Mochida, Kazuhiro Nishimura et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic Research® · 2000 · 207 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Cell Proliferation +9

Nucleus Pulposus Allograft Retards Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

Takeshi Nomura, Joji Mochida, Masahiko Okuma et al. · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 2001 · 193 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pathology +14