References: New Technologies in Anterior Cervical Spine Fixation

Harel Deutsch, MD

Co-Director, Rush Spine and Back Center

Rush University Medical Center

Regis W. Haid Jr., MD

Neurosurgeon

Atlanta Brain and Spine Care

Gerald E. Rodts, Jr., MD

Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Surgery

Emory University School of Medicine

Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD

Associate Professor, Neurosurgery

University of California, San Francisco

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