Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 230-234 , December 2006

Incidental Durotomy in Cervical Spinal Surgery

  • Michael C. Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Michael C. Huang, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007.
    • ,
  • Kevin M. McGrail, MD

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2006.09.008

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 230-234 , December 2006

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