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Depressed skull fractures and epidural hematoma from head fixation with pins for craniotomy in children

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  1. Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Policlinico Gemelli, Largo Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

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Di Rocco, C. Depressed skull fractures and epidural hematoma from head fixation with pins for craniotomy in children. Childs Nerv Syst 24, 925 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-008-0623-7

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