Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions
Bone Cement Deposition Patterns with Plasma-Mediated Radio-Frequency Ablation and Cement Augmentation for Advanced Metastatic Spine Lesions
B.A. Georgy
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2009, 30 (6) 1197-1202; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1548

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B.A. Georgy
Bone Cement Deposition Patterns with Plasma-Mediated Radio-Frequency Ablation and Cement Augmentation for Advanced Metastatic Spine Lesions
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jun 2009, 30 (6) 1197-1202; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1548
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