Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management, 2-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 452-473

  Wiseman, Diana Barrett ^a   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^b   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^c  

^a Naval Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-06616-0.50044-4     Document Type: Chapter

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