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Outcome following surgical treatment of chronic subdural hematoma in the oldest-old population

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Christopher Munoz-Bendix, Hans-Jakob Steiger & Marcel Alexander Kamp

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Munoz-Bendix, C., Steiger, HJ. & Kamp, M.A. Outcome following surgical treatment of chronic subdural hematoma in the oldest-old population. Neurosurg Rev 40, 527–528 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-017-0853-9

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