Corpectomy for multi-level cervical spondylosis and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament
β Scribed by Deepu Banerji; Rajesh Acharya; Sanjay Behari; Devendra K. Chhabra; Vijendra K. Jain
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 485 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-5607
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