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Microsurgical decompression without laminectomy in lumbar spinal stenosis

Bo Nyström Clinic of Spinal Surgery, Strängnäs, Sweden
,
Henrik Weber Department of Neurology, Ullevål Hospital, Oslo, Norway
&
Tom Amundsen Department of Neurology, Ullevål Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Pages 123-131 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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