Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 246-256 , December 2009

The Role of Fusion for Discogenic Axial Back Pain Without Associated Leg Pain, Spondylolisthesis or Stenosis: An Evidence-Based Review

  • Marcus Coe, MD, MS
    • ,
  • Sohail Mirza, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Sohail Mirza, MD, MPH, Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756
    • ,
  • Dilip Sengupta, MD

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PII: S1040-7383(09)00072-0

doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2009.08.008

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 246-256 , December 2009

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