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Computer-Aided Surgery for Ossification of the Spinal Ligaments

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

    Atsushi Seichi & Kozo Nakamura

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  1. National Hospital Organization, Osaka-Minami Medical Center, 2-1 Kidohigashi, Kawachinagano, Osaka, 586-8521, Japan

    Kazuo Yonenobu M.D., D.Med.Sc. (Vice-Director) (Vice-Director)

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

    Kozo Nakamura M.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery School of Medicine, Keio University 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

    Yoshiaki Toyama M.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Seichi, A., Nakamura, K. (2006). Computer-Aided Surgery for Ossification of the Spinal Ligaments. In: Yonenobu, K., Nakamura, K., Toyama, Y. (eds) OPLL. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-32563-5_38

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