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Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Intraspinal canal rod migration causing late-onset paraparesis 8 years after scoliosis surgery” (I. Obeid et al. Eur Spine J; 2014, DOI 10.1007/s00586-014-3367-y)

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  1. Service de chirurgie orthopédique et de traumatologie, Pavillon Gaston Cordier, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013, Paris, France

    H. Pascal-Moussellard & E. Ferrero

  2. Académie de Médecine, Paris, France

    J. Dubousset

  3. Service orthopédie pédiatrique, CHU Necker Enfants Malades, APHP, Faculté de Médecine, 149 Rue des Sèvres, 75743, Paris Cedex 15, France

    L. Miladi

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Pascal-Moussellard, H., Ferrero, E., Dubousset, J. et al. Expert’s comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Intraspinal canal rod migration causing late-onset paraparesis 8 years after scoliosis surgery” (I. Obeid et al. Eur Spine J; 2014, DOI 10.1007/s00586-014-3367-y). Eur Spine J 25, 2102–2107 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-015-4346-7

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