Short Link N promotes disc repair in a rabbit model of disc degeneration

Table 1 Number of rabbits and discs used in the study to evaluate the effect of sLink N on the repair of the degenerative IVDs

	Number of rabbits	Number of punctured discs (L2/3, L4/5)	Number of intact discs^a (L3/4)	Total rabbits per analysis
Biochemistry
Saline	7	14	7	14
sLN	7	14	7	14
Histology
Saline	3	6	3	6
sLN	3	6	3	6
Total rabbits^b				20

sLN short link N
^aIntact discs (L3/4) were used as internal control
^bAll rabbits (intervertebral discs) were used for biweekly X-ray measurement of disc height evaluation

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