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Letter to the Editor concerning “A less invasive surgical approach in the lumbar lateral recess stenosis: direct approach to the medial wall of the pedicle” by A. Colak et al. (2008) Eur Spine J;17:1745–51

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Zhang, H. Letter to the Editor concerning “A less invasive surgical approach in the lumbar lateral recess stenosis: direct approach to the medial wall of the pedicle” by A. Colak et al. (2008) Eur Spine J;17:1745–51. Eur Spine J 24, 1321–1323 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-015-3906-1

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