Minimally invasive thoracic corpectomy: Surgical strategies for malignancy, trauma, and complex spinal pathologies

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lall, Rohan R ^a   Smith, Zachary A ^a   Wong, Albert P ^a   Miller, Daniel ^b   Fessler, Richard G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84879508680     PISSN: 20901445     EISSN: 20901453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/213791     Document Type: Review

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