Response to: Clinical Use, Quality of Life and Cost-Effectiveness of Spinal Cord Stimulation Used to Treat Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
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Janusz Korczak Memorial Voivodeship Hospital, Słupsk, Poland Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland Varaždin General Hospital, Varaždin, Croatia Students’ Scientific Association, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland Federal Almazov North-West Medical Research Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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The cost-effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of failed back surgery syndrome.
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