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Percutaneous Spinal Ablation in a Sheep Model: Protective Capacity of an Intact Cortex, Correlation of Ablation Parameters with Ablation Zone Size, and Correlation of Postablation MRI and Pathologic Findings

A.N. Wallace, T.J. Hillen, M.V. Friedman, Z.S. Zohny, B.H. Stephens, S.C. Greco, M.R. Talcott and J.W. Jennings
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2017, 38 (8) 1653-1659; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5228
A.N. Wallace
aFrom the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (A.N.W., T.J.H., M.V.F., J.W.J.)
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T.J. Hillen
aFrom the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (A.N.W., T.J.H., M.V.F., J.W.J.)
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M.V. Friedman
aFrom the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (A.N.W., T.J.H., M.V.F., J.W.J.)
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Z.S. Zohny
bDepartment of Neurosurgery (Z.S.Z., B.H.S.)
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B.H. Stephens
bDepartment of Neurosurgery (Z.S.Z., B.H.S.)
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S.C. Greco
cDivision of Comparative Medicine (S.C.G., M.R.T.), Washington University, St Louis, Missouri.
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A.N. Wallace, T.J. Hillen, M.V. Friedman, Z.S. Zohny, B.H. Stephens, S.C. Greco, M.R. Talcott, J.W. Jennings
Percutaneous Spinal Ablation in a Sheep Model: Protective Capacity of an Intact Cortex, Correlation of Ablation Parameters with Ablation Zone Size, and Correlation of Postablation MRI and Pathologic Findings
American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2017, 38 (8) 1653-1659; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5228

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Percutaneous Spinal Ablation in a Sheep Model: Protective Capacity of an Intact Cortex, Correlation of Ablation Parameters with Ablation Zone Size, and Correlation of Postablation MRI and Pathologic Findings
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2017, 38 (8) 1653-1659; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5228
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