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Never go to sleep on undrained pus: a retrospective review of surgery for intraparenchymal cerebral abscess

S. J. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United KingdomCorrespondence[email protected]
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I. Ughratdar Department of Neurosurgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
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D. C. MacArthur Department of Neurosurgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
Pages 412-417 | Received 04 Nov 2008, Accepted 11 Mar 2009, Published online: 15 Sep 2009

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