Directed Cement Flow Kyphoplasty for Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures

The Comprehensive Treatment of the Aging Spine

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 243-247

  Singh, Kern ^a   Pflugmacher, Robert ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 84882518642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-0373-3.10039-9     Document Type: Chapter

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