Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 219-224 , December 2006

Revision Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion

  • Steven C. Scherping Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Steven C. Scherping, Jr, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, 1-Gorman, Washington, DC 20007.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2006.09.002

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 219-224 , December 2006

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