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Degeneration scores of intact discs (dashed line) were significantly less than of nucleotomy controls and hydrogel implanted discs (p = 0.003 – 0.005). There was no difference between nucleotomy controls and the four different material configurations both after 6 (white) and 12 weeks (grey)