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Oncology

Simple dural closure using a knotless barbed suture in endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: preliminary experience

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Pages 1140-1144 | Received 30 Jul 2019, Accepted 09 Sep 2019, Published online: 23 Oct 2019

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