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Tadpole system as new lumbar spinal instrumentation
Yuichi Kasai*
1
, Tadashi Inaba
2
, Koji Akeda
1
and Atsumasa Uchida
1
Address:
1
Department of Orthopaedic ... evidence indi-
cates that the Tadpole system
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has advantages over other
systems.
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