Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 112-120 , June 2009

Minimally Invasive Treatment of Spinal Tumors

  • Evan Frangou, MD
    • ,
  • Daryl R. Fourney, MD, FRCSC, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Daryl R. Fourney, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Division of Neurosurgery, Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W8

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