Study Design. Discs were cultured during discectomy from patients with back pain, sciatica, and radiologic eidence of disc herniation causing nere root compression.

• 研究设计.；我们把一些病理改变的椎间盘进行了培养，这些病椎间盘来自于伴有背痛、坐骨神经痛或有椎间盘突出致神经压迫的影像学证据而行椎间盘摘除术的病人。