Fate of Untreated Adjacent Spondylolysis in Selectively Surgically Treated Patients with Multi-Level Spondylolysis: Should All Segments Always be Fused?
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عنوان ژورنال: The Nerve
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2465-891X
DOI: 10.21129/nerve.2020.6.2.35