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Microvascular Decompression: Salient Surgical Principles and Technical Nuances
Published on: July 5, 2011
Problems of reconstruction in neurosurgical patients. (The use of boiled bone in cranioplasty)
Abstract:
The authors report their experience in six cases of head surgery for the simultaneous reconstruction of skin, bone and dura mater. They recommend the use of teflon as a dural substitute and the autogenous bone opercolum, boiled to have it free from cancer cells or infection.

