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“Skull punch” for craniotomy in neonates and infants

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We have designed a new instrument that we have called a “skull punch,” which is useful and safe for making a burr hole for a purely osteoplastic craniotomy in neonates and infants. The instrument is described in detail.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Suma, Takakuradai, Japan

    Nobuhito Morota, Keizo Sakamoto & Norio Kobayashi

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Morota, N., Sakamoto, K. & Kobayashi, N. “Skull punch” for craniotomy in neonates and infants. Child's Nerv Syst 5, 190–192 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00272126

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