Dislodged stent: A simple retrieval technique
โ Scribed by Douglas B. Bogart; Simon C. Jung
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 64 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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