Lumbar spinal stenosis: Who should be fused? An updated review

Asian Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 521-530

  Omidi Kashani, Farzad ^a   Hasankhani, Ebrahim Ghayem ^a   Ashjazadeh, Amir ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Lumbar vertebrae; Spinal fusion; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906730075     PISSN: 19761902     EISSN: 19767846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2014.8.4.521     Document Type: Review

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