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Research Article

Intracranial penetrating injury associated with an intraoperative epidural haematoma caused by a spring-laden pin of a multipoise headrest

S. Erbayraktar Department of Neurosurgery, Dokuz Eylül University, School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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N. Gökmen Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Dokuz Eylül University, School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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Ü. Acar Department of Neurosurgery, Dokuz Eylül University, School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
Pages 425-428 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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