Controversies in the treatment of cervical spine dislocations.

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Published in Spine J on February 23, 2009

Authors

Joon Y Lee1, Ahmad Nassr, Jason C Eck, Alexander R Vaccaro

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Kaufmann Building, Suite 1010, 3471 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. joonyunglee@yahoo.com

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