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Transforaminal endoscopic discectomy: its possibilities

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  1. Centre Tourville, Unité du Dos, Paris, France

    D. Gastambide

  2. Service de chirurgie orthopédique, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France

    F. Jacquot

  3. Unité Recherche et Développement, Laboratoires Neuro-France-Implants, Boursay, France

    P. Moreau

  4. Unité de Neurochirurgie et de Pathologie Rachidienne, Polyclinique Chirurgicale Kennedy, Nîmes, France

    P. Finiels

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Gastambide, D., Jacquot, F., Moreau, P. et al. Transforaminal endoscopic discectomy: its possibilities. ArgoSpine News J 22, 93–97 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12240-010-0041-z

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