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The Authors have received honorarium as consultant for surgeon’s education activities from Nuvasive, Zimmer Spine, Medtronic, Depuy Synthes, K2 M and their departments have received research grants from Nuvasive.
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Berjano, P., Garbossa, D., Damilano, M. et al. Transthoracic lateral retropleural minimally invasive microdiscectomy for T9-T10 disc herniation. Eur Spine J 23, 1376–1378 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-014-3369-9
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