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Fusion as treatment for chronic low back pain—existing evidence, the scientific frontier and research strategies

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Fritzell, P. Fusion as treatment for chronic low back pain—existing evidence, the scientific frontier and research strategies. Eur Spine J 14, 519–520 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-004-0846-6

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