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Symptomatic pneumocephalus: A rare complication of discal herniation's surgery

Ghassen GaderDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Neurology, Tunis, TunisiaCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3895-5270
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Nadhir KarmeniDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Neurology, Tunis, Tunisia
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Imed Ben SaïdDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Neurology, Tunis, Tunisia
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Hafedh JemelDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Neurology, Tunis, Tunisia
Pages 810-812 | Published online: 23 May 2018

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