Adjacent Segment Degeneration Following Fusion

Spinal Arthroplasty: The Preservation of Motion

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 83-94

  Anderson, Paul A ^a   Eck, Jason C ^b   Puschak, Thomas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center   (United States)

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EID: 77950006397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-3125-3.50014-2     Document Type: Chapter

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