Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 140-146 , September 2010

Resection of Thoracic Hemivertebra

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 Investigation performed at Shriners Hospital for Children—St. Louis Unit.

PII: S1040-7383(10)00021-3

doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2010.03.002

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 140-146 , September 2010

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