Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 146-153 , June 2008

Dynamic Stabilization: Principles and Current Clinical Practice

  • Xan Courville, MD
    • ,
  • Joel Torretti, MD
    • ,
  • Dilip K. Sengupta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dilip K. Sengupta, MD, Dr. Med., Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Spine Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2008.02.009

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 146-153 , June 2008

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