Balloon Kyphoplasty

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Becker, Stephan (Editor), Ogon, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Interventional radiology.; Rheumatology.; Neurosurgery.; Orthopedics.; Traumatology.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.; Surgical Oncology.; Interventional Radiology.; Traumatic Surgery.

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