Adjacent segment degeneration and spinal cord compression in rigid angular kyphosis of spinal tuberculosis and its intraoperative management strategy
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1079-0268,2045-7723
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2019.1624428