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Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury: The Edge Effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

F. A. Zeiler*
Affiliation:
Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
P. J. McDonald
Affiliation:
Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
*
Section of Neurosurgery, University of Manitoba, Health Sciences Center, GB-1 820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 1R9, Canada. Email: umzeiler@cc.umanitoba.ca
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2012

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