Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 238-245 , December 2009

Evidence-Based Medicine for the Spine: Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

  • Sigurd H. Berven, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Sigurd H. Berven, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 500 Parnassus, MU 320W, San Francisco, CA 94143-0728
    • ,
  • Harry N. Herkowitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, William H. Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2009.08.007

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 238-245 , December 2009

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