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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Kenichiro Shibata, Masayoshi Oga, Kazuo Hayashi, Yoichi Sugioka, "A New Contrivance of Anterior Spinal Fusion in Cervical Spine", Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery, vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 811-813, 1987.
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Teiji Yano, et al., "Treatment of Spondylolisthesis By Posterior Fusion With Bone Grafting To Neutral Arch Defect," Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 394-399, 1982.
Toshihiko Yamane, et al., "A Case Report of Multiple Lumbar Spondylolyses With Spondylolisthesis," Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 311-314, 1988.
M. Maeshiro, K. Otani, K. Shibasaki, S. Nakai, K. Nemoto, M. Yoshida, "Posterior Fracture-Dislocation of the Thoracic Spine; Two Case Report," Orthopedic surgery, vol. 39, No. 9 pp. 1373-1377, 1988-9.
Kunio Takaoka, "Clinical Application of Ceramic Implants in Orthopedics Surgery," Medicina Philosophies, vol. 4, No. 7 pp. 546-552, 1985.
Y. Yamano, Y. Mikawa, R. Watanabe, et al., "Anterior Body Fusion of Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis," Journal of the Western Japanese Reserach Society For Spine, vol. 13, pp. 46-50.
Dual Chisel and Its Bank Bones (Skimud Subkortikale Bones) For Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion—In Order To Simplify and Regularize the Surgical Procedure, Orthopaedic Surgery, vol. 11, pp. 150-153.
Vertebral body Distraction System (Caspar), "Orthopaedic Surgery", vol. 11, pp. 135-139.
Takayoshi Ueda, et al., "Instrumentation Surgery of Lumbar Interbody Fusion," Central Japan Journal of Orthopaedic & Traumatic Surgery, pp. 87-89.
Haruo Tsuji, et al., "Development and Clinical Application of Artificial Intervertebral Disc For Cervical Disc Lesions," Central Japan Journal of Orthopaedic & Traumatic Surgery, pp. 1505-1506.
Jose M. Otero Vich, "Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion With Threaded Cylindrical Bone", /. Neurosurg., 63:750-753, 1985.
Norman W. Hoover, "Methods of Lumbar Fusion", The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, vol. 50-A, No. 1, Jan. 1968, pp. 194-210.
Benjamin R. Wiltberger, "Intervertebral Body Fusion By the Use of Posterior Bone Dowel", pp. 69-79.
Parviz Kambin et al., "Percutaneous Lateral Discectomy of the Lumbar Spine", Clinical Orthopaedics, Apr. 1983, vol. 174, pp. 127-131.
Guy M. Sava et al., "Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Made Simple", Neurological Surgery Associates of Cincinnati, Inc.
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Actualites Vertebrales, La Herni Discale Cervicale, No. 2, Avril 1994, pp. 1-11.
Kiyoshi Kaneda and Isao Yamamoto, "Spinal Instrumentation Surgery In Lumbar and Lumbosacral Spine," The Improvement of Medicine, vol. 147, No. 14, Dec. 31, 1988.
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