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. 2011 Aug 27;20(9):1584–1586. doi: 10.1007/s00586-011-1997-x

Minimally invasive lateral transpsoas approach with advanced neurophysiologic monitoring for lumbar interbody fusion

Pedro Berjano 1, Claudio Lamartina 1
PMCID: PMC7574918  PMID: 21874292

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