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Treatment of giant cell tumors in the sacrum and spine with curettage and argon beam coagulator

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  1. Department of Health Science, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 12, Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8812, Japan

    Naoki Takeda

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan

    Tetsuya Kobayashi, Susumu Tandai & Takeo Matsuno

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saitama Medical College, Moroyama, Saitama, Japan

    Osamu Shirado

  4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

    Takuya Watanabe & Akio Minami

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Takeda, N., Kobayashi, T., Tandai, S. et al. Treatment of giant cell tumors in the sacrum and spine with curettage and argon beam coagulator. J Orthop Sci 14, 210–214 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-008-1299-2

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