Degenerative disk disease

Pitfalls in Cervical Spine Surgery: Avoidance and Management of Complications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 121-163

  Denaro, Vincenzo ^b   Denaro, Luca ^a   Di Martino, Alberto ^b   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^c   Maffulli, Nicola ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Campus Bio Medico University ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85019-9_10     Document Type: Chapter

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