Decompressive Hemicraniectomy in a South American Population – Morbidity and Outcomes Analysis

Roberto Bezerra Vital; Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho; Gustavo Jose Luvizutto; Luis Gustavo Ducati; Gabriel Pereira Braga; Helio Rubens de Carvalho Nunes; Flavio Ramalho Romero; Eliana Marisa Ganem; Marco Antonio Zanini; Rodrigo Bazan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146747

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Decompressive Hemicraniectomy in a South American Population – Morbidity and Outcomes Analysis

Roberto Bezerra Vital ,

* E-mail: roberto_vital@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry at Botucatu Medical School, Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry at Botucatu Medical School, Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Gustavo Jose Luvizutto,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry at Botucatu Medical School, Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Luis Gustavo Ducati,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry at Botucatu Medical School, Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Gabriel Pereira Braga,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry at Botucatu Medical School, Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Helio Rubens de Carvalho Nunes,

Affiliation Department of Public Health Medicine at Botucatu Medical School, Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Flavio Ramalho Romero,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry at Botucatu Medical School, Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Eliana Marisa Ganem,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology at Botucatu Medical School, Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Marco Antonio Zanini,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry at Botucatu Medical School, Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Rodrigo Bazan

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry at Botucatu Medical School, Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Decompressive Hemicraniectomy in a South American Population – Morbidity and Outcomes Analysis

Roberto Bezerra Vital,
Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho,
Gustavo Jose Luvizutto,
Luis Gustavo Ducati,
Gabriel Pereira Braga,
Helio Rubens de Carvalho Nunes,
Flavio Ramalho Romero,
Eliana Marisa Ganem,
Marco Antonio Zanini,
Rodrigo Bazan

Published: January 14, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146747

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