Letter to the Editor. Three- to four-level ACDF: more clinical outcomes and hybrid constructs

Varinder Singh Alg MBBS, PhD, Vinothan Sivasubramaniam FRCS(SN), and Erlick Abilio Coelho Pereira DM, FRCS(SN)
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  • Atkinson Morley Neurosciences Centre, St. George’s University Hospital, London, United Kingdom
DOI link:
https://doi.org/10.3171/2021.1.SPINE202224
Online Publication Date:
02 Apr 2021
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Contributor Notes

Correspondence Varinder Singh Alg: v.alg@ucl.ac.uk.

INCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online April 2, 2021; DOI: 10.3171/2021.1.SPINE202224.

Disclosures The authors report no conflict of interest.

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