Blunt Trauma Patients with Cervical Stenosis and No Fracture are More Likely to Have Neurologic Deficits and Require Surgery than those without Stenosis
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Blunt Trauma Patients with Cervical Stenosis and No Fracture are More Likely to Have Neurologic Deficits and Require Surgery than those without Stenosis
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