关键词: 腰椎间盘退变, 骨水泥注射, 动物模型, 新西兰大白兔

Abstract: Objective To establish and identify the rabbit model of lumbar disc with severe degeneration．Methods Six New Zealand white rabbits were selected,lumbar X-ray and Pfirrmann grade by MR scan were performed before surgical intervention．Along the space of obliquus externus abdominis and psoas major,the front edge of L2 to L3 was exposed．Then,the nucleus pulposus and part of annulus fibrosus were removed to imitate severe degeneration of lumbar disc．After 6 weeks of rearing,the operated lumbar disc was graded by MR scan,confirming that the lumbar disc met the image of severe degeneration,and then exposed the intervertebral space and injected bone cement．One week later,the anterior lumbar X-ray and the MRI scan for Pfirrmann grading were taken．The animals were sacrificed and dissected to check the bone cement filling in the intervertebral disc．Results The rabbit MR Pfirrmann grade of intervertebral disk was V after 6 weeks of first operation．One week after intervertebral cement injection,the MR Pfirrmann grade was Ⅳ．The surgical segment X-ray was taken one week after the cement injection,which showed that the cement was well filled in the L2-L3 gap and the vertebral space height was close to normal．Animals were sacrificed and dissected,the lumbar intervertebral disc was well filled with cement without shedding or loosening．Conclusions A reliable animal model of lumbar disc with severe degeneration in New Zealand white rabbits can be obtained by injecting cement into the intervertebral space after 6 weeks of removal of the intervertebral disc nucleus pulposus and part of the annulus fibrosus through the obliquus externus abdomins and psoas major intervertebral space．

Key words: lumbar disc degeneration, cementoplasty, animal model, New Zealand white rabbit