Morbidity of en bloc resections in the spine
โ Scribed by Stefano Boriani; Stefano Bandiera; Rakesh Donthineni; Luca Amendola; Michele Cappuccio; Federico De Iure; Alessandro Gasbarrini
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 380 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0940-6719
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