Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 175-180 , September 2008

Risks of Excessive Intraoperative Radiation

  • R. Bryan Butler, MD
    • ,
  • Kornelis A. Poelstra, MD, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Kornelis A. Poelstra, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland–Shock Trauma, 22 S. Greene Street, Suite 11B, Baltimore, MD 21201

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PII: S1040-7383(08)00046-4

doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2008.06.003

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 175-180 , September 2008

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