Rate of complications in scoliosis surgery - A systematic review of the Pub Med literature

Scoliosis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Weiss, Hans Rudolf ^a   Goodall, Deborah ^b  

^a Asklepios Katharina Schroth Spinal Deformities Rehabilitation Centre   (Germany)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 50949113410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-3-9     Document Type: Review

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