Surgical treatment of scoliosis: A review of techniques currently applied

Scoliosis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Maruyama, Toru ^a   Takeshita, Katsushi ^b  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 42649096972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-3-6     Document Type: Review

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