Summary
In the Neurosurgical Clinic in Groningen 64 patients underwent surgery between 1975 and 1985 for a clinical and radiological syndrome described by Baastrup1in 1933 and called in the Anglo-saxon literature: “kissing spines”.
Because the results of the surgical treatment were disappointing we submitted these results to further analysis.
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Beks, J.W.F. Kissing spines: Fact or Fancy?. Acta neurochir 100, 134–135 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01403600
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