Letter to the Editor: Role of Transpedicular Percutaneous Vertebral Biopsy for Diagnosis of Pathology in Vertebral Compression Fractures

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Government Medical College, Nagpur, India.
² Department of Clinical Spine, Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.

Comment

Surabhi Subramanian et al. Asian Spine J. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;11(1):161-162.

doi: 10.4184/asj.2017.11.1.161. Epub 2017 Feb 17.

¹ Department of Radiology, Government Medical College, Nagpur, India.
² Department of Clinical Spine, Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.

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