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Long-Term Effectiveness of Direct CT-Guided Aspiration and Fenestration of Symptomatic Lumbar Facet Synovial Cysts

V.N. Shah, N.D. von Fischer, C.T. Chin, E.L. Yuh, M.R. Amans, W.P. Dillon and C.P. Hess
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2018, 39 (1) 193-198; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5428
V.N. Shah
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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N.D. von Fischer
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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C.T. Chin
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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E.L. Yuh
aFrom the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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M.R. Amans
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C.P. Hess
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2018, 39 (1) 193-198; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5428

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2018, 39 (1) 193-198; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5428
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