Surgical Neurology
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 42-47 , January 2006

Comparative dural closure techniques: a safety study in rats

  • Pinar Akdemir Ozisik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 312 3051715; fax: +90 312 3111131. 311 West Franklin St., Apt 902, Richmond, VA 23220, USA. Tel.: +1 804 8284337; fax: +1 804 8271536.
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  • Servet Inci, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
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  • Figen Soylemezoglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
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  • Hilmi Orhan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Toxicology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
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  • Tuncalp Ozgen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey

Received 11 March 2005 ,Accepted 25 April 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.04.047

Surgical Neurology
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