More respect for anatomy in hernia repair, Please!
โ Scribed by R. G. Holzheimer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 41 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0897-3806
- DOI
- 10.1002/ca.20575
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