Efficacy of Unilateral Laminectomy for Bilateral Decompression in Elderly Lumbar Spinal Stenosis |
Ji, Yong-Cheol
(Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University)
Kim, Young-Baeg (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) Hwang, Sung-Nam (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) Park, Seung-Won (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) Kwon, Jeong-Taik (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) Min, Byung-Kook (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) |
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