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Management Perspective

Use of Surgery for the Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Andrew J Schoenfeld1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA
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Christopher M Bono2 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women‘s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 139-145 | Published online: 02 Mar 2011

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