Surgeon's neck posture during spine surgeries: “The unrecognised potential occupational hazard”
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Orthopaedics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0019-5413
DOI: 10.4103/ortho.ijortho_677_18