Can preoperative diagnosis affect the choice of treatment in Amyand’s hernia? Report of a case
✍ Scribed by A. Karatas; O. Makay; Z. Salihoğlu
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 219 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1265-4906
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