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ISRN Orthopedics
Volume 2012, Article ID 165050, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/165050
Review Article

Operative Outcomes for Cervical Degenerative Disease: A Review of the Literature

Kazuya Nishizawa, Kanji Mori, Yasuo Saruhashi, and Yoshitaka Matsusue

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan

Received 20 October 2011; Accepted 29 November 2011

Academic Editors: A. Combalía, A. Karantanas, and C. Mathoulin

Copyright © 2012 Kazuya Nishizawa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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