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Surgical Treatment of Central Nervous System Malformations

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The surgical treatment of CNS malformations is a big challenge for neurosurgeons. The developing technologies, from the new radiological imaging techniques as well the surgical armamentarium, and the improving of knowledge of such diseases, have dramatically changed the opportunity to treat the different malformations with best results and quality of life for patients and family.

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Scagnet, M. et al. (2019). Surgical Treatment of Central Nervous System Malformations. In: Lima, M., Reinberg, O. (eds) Neonatal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93534-8_48

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