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CT-Guided Nucleoplasty: Preliminary Experience

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  1. Interdisciplinary Pain Center, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Tilman Wolter MD, Mohsen Mohadjer & Stefan M. Knoeller

  2. Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Ansgar Berlis

  3. Interdisciplinary Pain Center, University Hospital Freiburg, Breisacher Straße 64, 79106, Freiburg, Germany

    Tilman Wolter MD

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Wolter, T., Mohadjer, M., Knoeller, S.M. et al. CT-Guided Nucleoplasty: Preliminary Experience. Clin Neuroradiol 19, 153–156 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-009-8011-6

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