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Surgeon Repaired Depressed Skull Fracture? Do This

Published on Fri Dec 11, 2020

Question: To fix a depressed skull fracture, my neurosurgeon made an incision in the scalp, gained access to the skull fracture, maneuvered the broken bones to reassemble them, and fixed the bones using sutures, screws, and plates. This was a simple skull fracture, according to the medical documentation. There was no laceration in the scalp region, and my neurosurgeon didn’t [...]
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