Craniotomy repair with titanium miniplates

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-86

  Ohata, Kenji ^a   Haque, Moududul ^a   Tsuruno, Takashi ^a   Morino, Michiharu ^a   Soares Jr , Sergio Branco ^a   Hakuba, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burr hole cover; Craniotomy; Kerf cover; Titanium miniplate

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544318295     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(98)90209-0     Document Type: Article

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