Influence of prevertebral soft tissue swelling on dysphagia after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion using a rectangular titanium stand-alone cage
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Effect of intravenous dexamethasone on prevertebral soft tissue swelling after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.
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Copyright C 2017 by Korean Society of Spine Surgery This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Asian Spine Journal • pISSN 1976-1902 e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0974-8237
DOI: 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_57_17