Cervical Pneumorrhachis caused by Impact Loading Forces after Skull base Fracture: Case Report and Review of the Literature

G. Bozkurt; C. C. Turk; S. Ayhan; A. Akbay; S. Palaoglu

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1252008

Central European Neurosurgery - Zentralblatt für Neurochirurgie, Table of Contents

Cent Eur Neurosurg 2011; 72(4): 215-218
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1252008

Case Report

Cervical Pneumorrhachis caused by Impact Loading Forces after Skull base Fracture: Case Report and Review of the Literature

G. Bozkurt¹ , C. C. Turk¹ , S. Ayhan¹ , A. Akbay¹ , S. Palaoglu¹

¹Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara, Turkey

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G. Bozkurt

Hacettepe University

Department of Neurosurgery

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