A Survey about Surgical Preferences in Operative Technique in Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury
Hernando Raphael Alvis-Miranda, Gabriel Alcalá-Cerra, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar
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Alvis-Miranda HR, Alcalá-Cerra G, Moscote-Salazar LR. A Survey about Surgical Preferences in Operative Technique in Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury. Panam J Trauma Crit Care Emerg Surg 2013; 2 (3):106-111.
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