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The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland yearly European spine journal review: a survey of the “surgical and research” articles in the European spine journal, 2015

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Mulholland, R.C. The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland yearly European spine journal review: a survey of the “surgical and research” articles in the European spine journal, 2015. Eur Spine J 25, 24–33 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-015-4334-y

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