Methods of evaluating lumbar and cervical fusion
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Hustedt JW, Jegede KA, Badrinath R, Bohl DD, Blizzard DJ, Grauer JN. Optimal aspiration volume of vertebral bone marrow for use in spinal fusion. The Spine Journal 2013, 13: 1217-1222. PMID: 24075028, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.07.435.Peer-Reviewed Original Research