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Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions

Spinal Instrumentation Rescue with Cement Augmentation

A. Cianfoni, M. Giamundo, M. Pileggi, K. Huscher, M. Shapiro, M. Isalberti, D. Kuhlen and P. Scarone
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5795
A. Cianfoni
aFrom the Departments of Neuroradiology (A.C., M.P., M.I.)
eDepartment of Neuroradiology (A.C.), Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
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M. Giamundo
bNeurosurgery (M.G., D.K., P.S.), Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland
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M. Pileggi
aFrom the Departments of Neuroradiology (A.C., M.P., M.I.)
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K. Huscher
cDepartment of Neurosurgery (K.H.), Hôpital du Valais, Sion, Switzerland
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M. Shapiro
dDepartment of Radiology (M.S.), New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
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M. Isalberti
aFrom the Departments of Neuroradiology (A.C., M.P., M.I.)
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D. Kuhlen
bNeurosurgery (M.G., D.K., P.S.), Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland
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P. Scarone
bNeurosurgery (M.G., D.K., P.S.), Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland
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