Cranial reconstruction following the removal of an infected synthetic dura mater substitute

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Yoshioka, Nobutaka ^a  

^a Tominaga Hospital   (Japan)

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EID: 84899044102     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000000087     Document Type: Article

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