Efficacy of Spinal Implant Removal after Thoracolumbar Junction Fusion
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Kim, Seok-Won
(Department of Neurosurgery College of Medicine Chosun University)
Ju, Chang-Il (Department of Neurosurgery College of Medicine Chosun University) Kim, Chong-Gue (Department of Neurosurgery College of Medicine Chosun University) Lee, Seung-Myung (Department of Neurosurgery College of Medicine Chosun University) Shin, Ho (Department of Neurosurgery College of Medicine Chosun University) |
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