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Capen, D., Nelson, R., Zigler, J. et al. Surgical stabilisation of the cervical spine: a comparative analysis of anterior and posterior spine fusions. Spinal Cord 25, 111–119 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1987.20
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