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Efficacy of routine post-operative head computed tomography on cranial surgery patients outcome

Omar Qoqandi, Abdulaziz O. Almubarak, Mohammed Bafaquh, Abdullah Alobaid, Fahd Alsubaie, Abeer Alaglan, Dhuha A. Abukhamssin, Mariam A. Algharib, Abdulrazag I. Alsomali, Mahmoud Alyamani and Yasser orz
Neurosciences Journal August 2020, 25 (4) 281-286; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2020.4.20200035
Omar Qoqandi
From the National Neuroscience Institute (Qoqandi, Almubarak, Alaglan, Abukhamssin, Algharib, Alsomali, orz, Bafaquh, Alobaid, Alsubaie, Alyamani), King Fahed Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abukhamssin, Algharib) Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almubarak), Prince Mohammed Medical City, Aljouf, from the College of Medicine (Alaglan), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulaziz O. Almubarak
From the National Neuroscience Institute (Qoqandi, Almubarak, Alaglan, Abukhamssin, Algharib, Alsomali, orz, Bafaquh, Alobaid, Alsubaie, Alyamani), King Fahed Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abukhamssin, Algharib) Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almubarak), Prince Mohammed Medical City, Aljouf, from the College of Medicine (Alaglan), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed Bafaquh
From the National Neuroscience Institute (Qoqandi, Almubarak, Alaglan, Abukhamssin, Algharib, Alsomali, orz, Bafaquh, Alobaid, Alsubaie, Alyamani), King Fahed Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abukhamssin, Algharib) Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almubarak), Prince Mohammed Medical City, Aljouf, from the College of Medicine (Alaglan), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah Alobaid
From the National Neuroscience Institute (Qoqandi, Almubarak, Alaglan, Abukhamssin, Algharib, Alsomali, orz, Bafaquh, Alobaid, Alsubaie, Alyamani), King Fahed Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abukhamssin, Algharib) Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almubarak), Prince Mohammed Medical City, Aljouf, from the College of Medicine (Alaglan), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Fahd Alsubaie
From the National Neuroscience Institute (Qoqandi, Almubarak, Alaglan, Abukhamssin, Algharib, Alsomali, orz, Bafaquh, Alobaid, Alsubaie, Alyamani), King Fahed Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abukhamssin, Algharib) Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almubarak), Prince Mohammed Medical City, Aljouf, from the College of Medicine (Alaglan), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abeer Alaglan
From the National Neuroscience Institute (Qoqandi, Almubarak, Alaglan, Abukhamssin, Algharib, Alsomali, orz, Bafaquh, Alobaid, Alsubaie, Alyamani), King Fahed Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abukhamssin, Algharib) Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almubarak), Prince Mohammed Medical City, Aljouf, from the College of Medicine (Alaglan), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Dhuha A. Abukhamssin
From the National Neuroscience Institute (Qoqandi, Almubarak, Alaglan, Abukhamssin, Algharib, Alsomali, orz, Bafaquh, Alobaid, Alsubaie, Alyamani), King Fahed Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abukhamssin, Algharib) Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almubarak), Prince Mohammed Medical City, Aljouf, from the College of Medicine (Alaglan), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mariam A. Algharib
From the National Neuroscience Institute (Qoqandi, Almubarak, Alaglan, Abukhamssin, Algharib, Alsomali, orz, Bafaquh, Alobaid, Alsubaie, Alyamani), King Fahed Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abukhamssin, Algharib) Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almubarak), Prince Mohammed Medical City, Aljouf, from the College of Medicine (Alaglan), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulrazag I. Alsomali
From the National Neuroscience Institute (Qoqandi, Almubarak, Alaglan, Abukhamssin, Algharib, Alsomali, orz, Bafaquh, Alobaid, Alsubaie, Alyamani), King Fahed Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abukhamssin, Algharib) Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almubarak), Prince Mohammed Medical City, Aljouf, from the College of Medicine (Alaglan), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mahmoud Alyamani
From the National Neuroscience Institute (Qoqandi, Almubarak, Alaglan, Abukhamssin, Algharib, Alsomali, orz, Bafaquh, Alobaid, Alsubaie, Alyamani), King Fahed Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abukhamssin, Algharib) Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almubarak), Prince Mohammed Medical City, Aljouf, from the College of Medicine (Alaglan), Qassim University, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Yasser orz
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