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With the official setting up of the National University Hospital Bone Bank in October 1988 [13,14,15,18], the use of bone and ligament allografts has increased tremendously. It is therefore not surprising that bone allografts are increasingly being used for spinal surgery.
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Nather, A., Thambiah, J. (1996). Allografts for Spinal Surgery. In: Czitrom, A.A., Winkler, H. (eds) Orthopaedic Allograft Surgery. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6885-1_23
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