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Original Article

Postoperative Nerve Root Displacement and Scar Tissue

A prospective cohort study with contrast-enhanced MR imaging one year after microdiscectomy

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Pages 598-602 | Accepted 16 Jun 1999, Published online: 07 Jan 2010

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