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01-11-2007 | Original Article

Cost effectiveness of multimodal intraoperative monitoring during spine surgery

Authors: Francesco Sala, Jiri Dvorak, Franco Faccioli

Published in: European Spine Journal | Special Issue 2/2007

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Debates on the cost-effectiveness of multimodal intraoperative monitoring (IOM) have been going on for more than a decade [5, 7, 10, 11, 18]. …

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Title: Cost effectiveness of multimodal intraoperative monitoring during spine surgery
Authors: Francesco Sala
Jiri Dvorak
Franco Faccioli
Publication date: 01-11-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue Special Issue 2/2007
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-007-0420-0

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