Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 256-259 , December 2007

Facet Fractures: Which Have to Be Fixed?

  • James J. Yue, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to James J. Yue, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 800 Howard Avenue, P.O. Box 208071, New Haven, CT 06520.

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PII: S1040-7383(07)00107-4

doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2007.09.007

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 256-259 , December 2007

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