Commentary: Symptomatic Epidural Hematoma After Elective Cervical Spine Surgery: Incidence, Timing, Risk Factors, and Associated Complications.

Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown)

Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, California; USA.

Published: February 2022

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