Bone healing after median sternotomy: A comparison of two hemostatic devices
✍ Scribed by Rikke F Vestergaard; Henrik Jensen; Stefan Vind-Kezunovic; Thomas Jakobsen; Kjeld Søballe; John M Hasenkam
- Book ID
- 119911025
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 979 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1749-8090
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