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Letter to the Editor concerning “Complications of cervical total disc replacement and their associations with heterotopic ossification: a systematic review and meta-analysis” by N. Hui, et al. [Eur Spine J; 2020; 29(11):2688–2700]

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Shen, YW., Liu, H. Letter to the Editor concerning “Complications of cervical total disc replacement and their associations with heterotopic ossification: a systematic review and meta-analysis” by N. Hui, et al. [Eur Spine J; 2020; 29(11):2688–2700]. Eur Spine J 30, 1786–1787 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-021-06820-5

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