An injectable nucleus replacement as an adjunct to microdiscectomy: 2 year follow-up in a pilot clinical study.

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Published in Eur Spine J on August 18, 2009

Authors

Ulrich Berlemann1, Othmar Schwarzenbach

Author Affiliations

1: Spine Center Thun, Bahnhofstrasse 3, Thun 3600, Switzerland. uberlemann@hotmail.com

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