The clinical and radiological outcomes of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody single level fusion

Asian Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-116

  Kim, Moon Chan ^a   Chung, Hung Tae ^a   Kim, Dong Jun ^a   Kim, Sang Hyuk ^a   Jeon, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Bumin Busan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lumbar interbody; Minimally invasive; Single level fusion; Transformainal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859360198     PISSN: 19761902     EISSN: 19767846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2011.5.2.111     Document Type: Article

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