Tailor-made Surgery for Lumbar Intra- and Extra-foraminal Stenosis
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Spinal Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0914-6024,1880-9359
DOI: 10.2531/spinalsurg.28.201