Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 200-205 , September 2007

Minimally Invasive Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

  • Eric Francke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Eric Francke, MD, Spine Surgery Fellow, William Beaumont Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 3535 West Thirteen Mile Road, #744, Royal Oak, MI 48073.
    • ,
  • Chetan Patel, MD

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2007.06.009

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 200-205 , September 2007

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