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Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage filled with bone morphogenic protein and demineralised bone matrix in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

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    Rob D. Dickerman, Ashley S. Reynolds & Brent Morgan

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Dickerman, R.D., Reynolds, A.S. & Morgan, B. Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage filled with bone morphogenic protein and demineralised bone matrix in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. International Orthopaedics (SICO 32, 717 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-007-0450-6

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