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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Sep 1;36(19):1519–1527. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f60b39

Figure 1. Instruments used to induce disc injury in the goat and sample X-rays obtained during surgery.

Figure 1

A. The instruments used to create disc injuries (from top to bottom: #10 blade, #15 blade, 4.5 mm drill bit); B–D: lateral X-ray of the goat spine documenting the positions of the instruments: B. large dilator inserted adjacent to the intervertebral disc; C. the #10 blade; D. the 4.5 mm drill bit.