Salvatore, Giuseppe
Berton, Alessandra
Giambini, Hugo
Ciuffreda, Mauro
Florio, Pino
Longo, Umile Giuseppe http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4063-9821
Denaro, Vincenzo
Thoreson, Andrew
An, Kai-Nan
Article History
Received: 2 March 2017
Accepted: 22 January 2018
First Online: 5 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The frozen human cadaveric spine specimen was obtained from the Mayo Anatomical Bequest Program. Ethical approval was originally obtained and the donor gave consent for his body to be used for medical research.
: Not applicable.
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