Figure 5.

In vivo evaluation of IVD regeneration by GTMKS hydrogels. (A) Schematic illustration showing the overall procedure of the in vivo experiment. (B) X-ray images of rabbit lumbar vertebral discs in different groups at 4- and 12-week postoperative. (C) Quantitative DHI changes according to X-ray images at 4 weeks (n=6 discs) and 12 weeks (n=6 discs) postoperative. (D) MRI images and (E) normalized T2 signal intensity of IVDs in different groups at 4- and 12-weeks postoperative (n = 6 discs).