COVID-19 Provides An Opportunity to Reassess How Frequent and How Extensive Elective Spine Surgery Should Be

Overview

Journal Surg Neurol Int

Specialty Neurology

Date 2020 May 5

PMID 32363053

Citations 2

Authors

Nancy E Epstein

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