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Choose 62143 for Carniectomy Plates

Published on Fri Feb 01, 2013

Question: Our surgeon performed a right parietal craniotomy, open biopsy, placed a Mayfield headholder and used Stealth Image guidance. The operative note mentions "A burr [...]
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