World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 207-209 , March 2010

Heterotopic ossifications after vertebroplasty using calcium phosphate in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: Report of 2 cases

Received 14 May 2009 ,Accepted 17 July 2009.

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PII: S0090-3019(09)00664-8

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.07.038

World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 207-209 , March 2010

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