Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 284-292 , December 2008

Management of Adjacent Segment Degeneration and Spinal Stenosis (Scar)

  • Michael J. Vives, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Michael J. Vives, MD, 90 Bergen Street, Suite 5200, Newark, NJ 07103
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  • Christopher M. Bono, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Steven R. Garfin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2008.08.004

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 284-292 , December 2008

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