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Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions

Simultaneous Bipedicular Radiofrequency Ablation Combined with Vertebral Augmentation for Local Tumor Control of Spinal Metastases

A. Tomasian, T.J. Hillen, R.O. Chang and J.W. Jennings
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5752
A. Tomasian
aFrom the Department of Radiology (A.T.), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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bthe Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (T.J.H., R.O.C., J.W.J.), St. Louis, Missouri.
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