Multifidus lesions: A possible pathological component in patients with low back pain after posterior lumbar surgery

Dan Pan1, Ke Liu2, Meiyuan Huang3

  • 1Department of Spinal Surgery, Zhuzhou Central Hospital, Zhuzhou, Hunan, China.

Medicine
|March 1, 2024
PubMed

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