Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 165-176 , September 2007

Concomitant Cervical and Lumbar Stenosis: Strategies for Treatment and Outcomes

  • Seth K. Williams, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Seth K. Williams, MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, PO Box 016960 (D-27), Miami, FL 33101.
    • ,
  • Frank J. Eismont, MD

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2007.06.005

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 165-176 , September 2007

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