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Forehead pressure sore following a prolonged operation and the role of the Mayfield head frame in re-operation

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

    Hazim Sadideen & Henk Giele

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Munir Saadeddin

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK

    Duncan Whitwell

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Sadideen, H., Saadeddin, M., Whitwell, D. et al. Forehead pressure sore following a prolonged operation and the role of the Mayfield head frame in re-operation. J Anesth 26, 473–474 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-011-1321-2

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