Fusion for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis--Safeguard or Superfluous Surgical Implant?

N Engl J Med

From Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden (W.C.P., W.A.M.), and the Haga Teaching Hospital (W.A.M.) and Medical Center Haaglanden (W.C.P., W.A.M.), The Hague - both in the Netherlands.

Published: April 2016

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