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Comment on Butt et al.: Management of unstable thoracolumbar spinal injuries by posterior short segment spinal fixation

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  1. Orthopaedics, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, Room No. 219 Doctors Hostel, JPN Apex Trauma Centre, New Delhi, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Baldeep Singh, Pankaj Kandwal & Deepak Singhal

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Singh, B., Kandwal, P. & Singhal, D. Comment on Butt et al.: Management of unstable thoracolumbar spinal injuries by posterior short segment spinal fixation. International Orthopaedics (SICO 32, 279 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-007-0445-3

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