Surgery for ossification of the ligamentum flavum

OPLL: Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 265-269

  Tanaka, Yasuhisa ^a   Sato, Tetsuro ^b   Aizawa, Toshimi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sendai Orthopaedic Hospital   (Japan)

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EID: 34547659479     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-32563-5_37     Document Type: Chapter

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