["Pure" extradural hematoma: its mortality and morbidity could be 0. Analysis of 109 consecutive patients].

Minerva Anestesiol

Divisione di Neurochirurgia, Ospedale M. Bufalini di Cesena, Forli.

Published: December 1993

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