Letter to the Editor concerning "Charité total disc replacement: clinical and radiographical results after an average follow-up of 17 years" (M. Putzier et al.)

Comment

Karin Büttner-Janz. Eur Spine J. 2006 Apr.

. 2006 Apr;15(4):510-3; author reply 518-20, discussion 521-2.

doi: 10.1007/s00586-006-1081-0. Epub 2006 Mar 4.

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Charité total disc replacement--clinical and radiographical results after an average follow-up of 17 years.
Putzier M, Funk JF, Schneider SV, Gross C, Tohtz SW, Khodadadyan-Klostermann C, Perka C, Kandziora F. Putzier M, et al. Eur Spine J. 2006 Feb;15(2):183-95. doi: 10.1007/s00586-005-1022-3. Epub 2005 Oct 28. Eur Spine J. 2006. PMID: 16254716 Free PMC article.

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