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Original Source Appears in: Vertebral Compression Fractures - Kurth AA, Bayer-Helms H, Böwe C, Hartwig E, Höhn W, Jerosch J, Jöllenbeck B, Maestretti G, Vogler W, Röllinghoff M. Radiofrequency Kyphoplasty – a novel vertebral augmentation system: A prospective, multi-center observational study. Osteologie. 2012 21:174-179
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