Fusion for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis--Safeguard or Superfluous Surgical Implant?

Affiliations

¹ From Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden (W.C.P., W.A.M.), and the Haga Teaching Hospital (W.A.M.) and Medical Center Haaglanden (W.C.P., W.A.M.), The Hague - both in the Netherlands.

Editorial

Wilco C Peul et al. N Engl J Med. 2016.

. 2016 Apr 14;374(15):1478-9.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMe1600955.

¹ From Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden (W.C.P., W.A.M.), and the Haga Teaching Hospital (W.A.M.) and Medical Center Haaglanden (W.C.P., W.A.M.), The Hague - both in the Netherlands.

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Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.
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Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.
Peul WC, Moojen WA. Peul WC, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 Aug 11;375(6):601. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1606502. N Engl J Med. 2016. PMID: 27517106 No abstract available.

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