The surgical approach to subaxial cervical spine injuries: an evidence-based algorithm based on the SLIC classification system.

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Published in Spine (Phila Pa 1976) on November 01, 2007

Authors

Marcel F Dvorak1, Charles G Fisher, Michael G Fehlings, Y Raja Rampersaud, F C Oner, Bizhan Aarabi, Alexander R Vaccaro

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Spine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. marcel.dvorak@vch.ca

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