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Adult de novo lumbar scoliosis. Posterior instrumented fusion with Smith-Peterson osteotomy, decompression and management of postoperative infection

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  1. Claudio Lamartina
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  2. Maria Petruzzi
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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-2034-9.

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Lamartina, C., Petruzzi, M. Adult de novo lumbar scoliosis. Posterior instrumented fusion with Smith-Peterson osteotomy, decompression and management of postoperative infection. Eur Spine J 20, 1580–1581 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-1941-0

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