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Letter to the Editor concerning “ALIF and total disc replacement versus 2-level circumferential fusion with TLIF: a prospective, randomized, clinical and radiological trial” by Hoff EK, Strube P, Pumberger M et al. (2015). Eur Spine J. Mar 7. [Epub ahead of print]

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  1. Department of Orthopedics, Yuhungding Hospital, Qingdao University, Shandong, China

    Jianqiang Ni & Xin Wang

  2. Department of Orthopedics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Jianqiang Ni & Kirkham B. Wood

  3. Bioengineering Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, GRJ 1215, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Guoan Li

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Ni, J., Wood, K.B., Wang, X. et al. Letter to the Editor concerning “ALIF and total disc replacement versus 2-level circumferential fusion with TLIF: a prospective, randomized, clinical and radiological trial” by Hoff EK, Strube P, Pumberger M et al. (2015). Eur Spine J. Mar 7. [Epub ahead of print]. Eur Spine J 24, 2345–2346 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-015-3967-1

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