Acta Med. 2017, 60: 124-126

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.5

A Rare History: an Intracranial Nail Present for Over a Half-Century

Ozkan Durmaza, Ali Karadagb, Fusun Demircivi Ozerb, Mahmut Camlarb, Erik H. Middlebrooksc, Baran Bozkurtd, Mehmet Senoglub

aKars Harakani Public Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Kars, Turkey
bTepecik Research and Training Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Izmir, Turkey
cMD. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
dUniversity of Minnesota, Department of Neurosurgery, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Received January 11, 2017
Accepted June 28, 2017

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