The ancient art of trepanation--a Greek Bronze Age "hole in the skull".

World Neurosurg

Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Leo Davidoff Department of Neurological Surgery, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Montefiore; and Clinical Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA. Electronic address:

Published: February 2014

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