Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Geriatric Population : Is It Risky? |
Kim, Dong-Won
(Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine)
Kim, Sung-Bum (Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine) Kim, Young-Soo (Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine) Ko, Yong (Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine) Oh, Seong-Hoon (Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine) Oh, Suck-Jun (Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine) |
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