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Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Correction of dropped head deformity through combined anterior and posterior osteotomies to restore horizontal gaze and improve sagittal alignment” by W.H. Bronson et al. [Eur Spine J (2017): doi:10.1007/s00586-017-5184-6]

Author: Pedro Berjano

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 8/2018

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Title: Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Correction of dropped head deformity through combined anterior and posterior osteotomies to restore horizontal gaze and improve sagittal alignment” by W.H. Bronson et al. [Eur Spine J (2017): doi:10.1007/s00586-017-5184-6]
Author: Pedro Berjano
Publication date: 01-08-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 8/2018
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5525-0

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Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Correction of dropped head deformity through combined anterior and posterior osteotomies to restore horizontal gaze and improve sagittal alignment” by W.H. Bronson et al. [Eur Spine J (2017): doi:10.1007/s00586-017-5184-6]

At a glance: The STEP trials

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