Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 215-218 , December 2006

Adjacent Segment Disease in the Cervical Spine: Review of Current Knowledge

  • Christopher Wagener, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
    • ,
  • Steven Hughes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Commonwealth Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, PC, Arlington, VA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Steven Hughes, MD, Commonwealth Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, PC, 4401 Ford Avenue, Suite 303, Alexandria, VA 22302.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2006.09.003

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 215-218 , December 2006

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