Current Concepts of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Review of Literature
Kyung-Jin Song, Byeong-Yeol Choi
Asian Spine J. 2014;8(4):531-539.   Published online 2014 Aug 19     DOI: https://doi.org/10.4184/asj.2014.8.4.531
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