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Returning to our roots: reappraisal of historical trajectories for cervical lateral mass screws by Roy-Camille (1987), Magerl (1987), and An (1991), and cervical pedicle screws by Abumi (1994)

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Beucler, N. Returning to our roots: reappraisal of historical trajectories for cervical lateral mass screws by Roy-Camille (1987), Magerl (1987), and An (1991), and cervical pedicle screws by Abumi (1994). Neurosurg Rev 46, 129 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-023-02040-1

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