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The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland yearly European spine journal review: a survey of the “surgical and research” articles in European spine journal, 2019

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Mulholland, R.C. The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland yearly European spine journal review: a survey of the “surgical and research” articles in European spine journal, 2019. Eur Spine J 29, 14–23 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06251-3

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