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Berjano, P., Lamartina, C. Minimally invasive lateral transpsoas approach with advanced neurophysiologic monitoring for lumbar interbody fusion. Eur Spine J 20, 1584–1586 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-1997-x
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