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. 2014 Apr;23(4):929-30.
doi: 10.1007/s00586-014-3185-2. Epub 2014 Jan 18.

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Feng Li et al. entitled "Minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a meta-analysis based on the current evidence" by Nai-Feng Tian, Yao-Sen Wu, Xiao-Lei Zhang, Hua-Zi Xu, Yong-Long Chi, Fang-Min Mao (2013). Eur Spine J, doi:10.1007/s00586-013-2747-z

Nai-Feng Tian  1 , Fang-Min Mao
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Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Feng Li et al. entitled "Minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a meta-analysis based on the current evidence" by Nai-Feng Tian, Yao-Sen Wu, Xiao-Lei Zhang, Hua-Zi Xu, Yong-Long Chi, Fang-Min Mao (2013). Eur Spine J, doi:10.1007/s00586-013-2747-z

Nai-Feng Tian et al. Eur Spine J. 2014 Apr.
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