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Basic methodological principles of multimodal intraoperative monitoring during spine surgeries

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Deletis, V. Basic methodological principles of multimodal intraoperative monitoring during spine surgeries. Eur Spine J 16 (Suppl 2), 147–152 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-007-0429-4

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