Fusion for Lumbar Stenosis With Spondylolisthesis: Results From 2 Randomized Trials

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Viren S Vasudeva et al. Neurosurgery. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;79(2):N18-20.

doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000489889.10464.a7.

¹ *Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts ‡University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

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