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Myelomeningocele Repair: Surgical Management Based on a 30-Year Experience

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    Pier Paolo Mattogno MD, Luca Massimi, Giampiero Tamburrini, Paolo Frassanito, Concezio Di Rocco & Massimo Caldarelli

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Mattogno, P.P., Massimi, L., Tamburrini, G., Frassanito, P., Di Rocco, C., Caldarelli, M. (2017). Myelomeningocele Repair: Surgical Management Based on a 30-Year Experience. In: Visocchi, M., Mehdorn, H.M., Katayama, Y., von Wild, K.R.H. (eds) Trends in Reconstructive Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement, vol 124. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39546-3_22

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