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Unilateral supratentorial decompressive craniectomy: stay away from the midline!

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  1. Neurosurgery Department, Sainte-Anne Military Teaching Hospital, 2 Boulevard Sainte-Anne, 83800, Toulon Cedex 9, France

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  2. Ecole du Val-de-Grâce, French Military Health Service Academy, 1 Place Alphonse Laveran, 75230, Paris Cedex 5, France

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Beucler, N. Unilateral supratentorial decompressive craniectomy: stay away from the midline!. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 49, 2315–2317 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-023-02307-8

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