Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 185-193 , September 2006

Emerging Medical and Nonsurgical Interventions in Cystic Lesions of the Spine

  • Edward Y. Kao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA.
    • ,
  • Raymond Hung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA.
    • ,
  • Victor Tse, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA.
    • ,
  • Mahesh Patel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Mahesh R. Patel, MD, Department of Radiology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 751 South Bascom Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128.

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Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 185-193 , September 2006

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