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01-10-2011 | Letter to the editor

Decompressive craniectomy is indispensible in the management of severe traumatic brain injury

Authors: Ravindran Vashu, Ansari Sohail

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 10/2011

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Title: Decompressive craniectomy is indispensible in the management of severe traumatic brain injury
Authors: Ravindran Vashu
Ansari Sohail
Publication date: 01-10-2011
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 10/2011
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-011-1101-7

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