Reconstruction of Cranial Vault Defect with Polyetheretherketone Implants
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Cranial vault reconstruction using computer-designed polyetheretherketone (PEEK) implant: case report.
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عنوان ژورنال: World Neurosurgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1878-8750
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.04.049