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01-10-2009 | Letter to the Editor

Response to Wang et al., re Letter re Visocchi M, Pietrini D, Tufo T, Fernandez E, Di Rocco C (2009) Pre-operative irreducible C1–C2 dislocations: intra-operative reduction and posterior fixation. The “always posterior strategy”. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 151(5):551–9; discussion 560

Author: Massimiliano Visocchi

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 10/2009

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Dear Editor, …

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Title: Response to Wang et al., re Letter re Visocchi M, Pietrini D, Tufo T, Fernandez E, Di Rocco C (2009) Pre-operative irreducible C1–C2 dislocations: intra-operative reduction and posterior fixation. The “always posterior strategy”. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 151(5):551–9; discussion 560
Author: Massimiliano Visocchi
Publication date: 01-10-2009
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 10/2009
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-009-0474-3

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Response to Wang et al., re Letter re Visocchi M, Pietrini D, Tufo T, Fernandez E, Di Rocco C (2009) Pre-operative irreducible C1–C2 dislocations: intra-operative reduction and posterior fixation. The “always posterior strategy”. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 151(5):551–9; discussion 560

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