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Sagittal Balance and Preoperative Planning

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This chapter and theses cases will emphasize on the pre-operative planning to correct spinopelvic misalignment integrating new tools in the planning and realization of the surgery.

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El Rahal, A., Solla, F., Fiere, V., Toquart, A., Barrey, C.Y. (2019). Sagittal Balance and Preoperative Planning. In: Meyer, B., Rauschmann, M. (eds) Spine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98875-7_54

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