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Massive life-threatening bifrontal epidural hematoma following placement of an external ventricular drain

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, R No- 720, 7th Floor, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Chinmaya Dash, Hitesh Gurjar, Kanwaljeet Garg, Bhawani Shankar Sharma & Raghav Singla

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Dash, C., Gurjar, H., Garg, K. et al. Massive life-threatening bifrontal epidural hematoma following placement of an external ventricular drain. Childs Nerv Syst 32, 237–239 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2985-y

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