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Awake craniotomy

A patient’s perspective

Khalid M. Bajunaid and Abdulrazag M. Ajlan
Neurosciences Journal July 2015, 20 (3) 248-252; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2015.3.20140548
Khalid M. Bajunaid
From the Department of Neurosurgery (Bajunaid), Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the Department of Neurosurgery (Ajlan), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, the Division of Neurosurgery (Bajunaid), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Division of Neurosurgery (Ajlan), Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulrazag M. Ajlan
From the Department of Neurosurgery (Bajunaid), Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the Department of Neurosurgery (Ajlan), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, the Division of Neurosurgery (Bajunaid), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Division of Neurosurgery (Ajlan), Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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