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Traumatic aneurysm and carotid-cavernous fistula following transsphenoidal approach to a pituitary adenoma: treatment by transcranial operation

V. V. DOLENC Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Centre, Ljubljana, and Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, General Hospital Maribor, Slovenia
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M. LIPOVSEK Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Centre, Ljubljana, and Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, General Hospital Maribor, Slovenia
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S. SLOKAN Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Centre, Ljubljana, and Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, General Hospital Maribor, Slovenia
Pages 185-188 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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