Surgical Neurology
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 48-49 , January 2006

The use of a sump antibiotic irrigation system to save infected hardware in a patient with a vagal nerve stimulator: Technical note

Received 14 February 2005 ,Accepted 25 April 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.04.045

Surgical Neurology
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 48-49 , January 2006

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