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Research Article

Surgery of skeletal metastases in 306 patients with prostate cancer

Indications, complications, and survival

Rüdiger J WeissDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jonathan A ForsbergDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Rikard WedinDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 74-79 | Received 12 May 2011, Accepted 17 Oct 2011, Published online: 29 Dec 2011

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