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Letter to the editor: decompressive craniectomy for acute subdural hematoma

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    S. Honeybul & C. R. P. Lind

  2. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital and School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

    K. M. Ho

  3. School of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

    C. R. P. Lind

  4. Dunedin Hospital and Otago Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    G. R. Gillett

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Honeybul, S., Ho, K.M., Lind, C.R.P. et al. Letter to the editor: decompressive craniectomy for acute subdural hematoma. Acta Neurochir 155, 185–186 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-012-1530-y

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