The Role of Computed Tomography in the Presurgical Diagnosis of Foraminal Entrapment of Lumbosacral Junction
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Moon, Ki-Hyoung
(Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul Wooridul Hospital)
Jang, Jee-Soo (Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul Wooridul Hospital) Lee, Sang-Ho (Department of Neurosurgery, Wooridul Spine Hospital) Lee, Su-Chan (Department of Orthopaedic surgery, Mok Dong Himchan Hospital) Lee, Ho-Yeon (Department of Neurosurgery, Wooridul Spine Hospital) |
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