Reconstruction of large abdominal wall defects
✍ Scribed by I. Gökalan Kara; E. Erdem; M. Neşşar
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 321 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-0130
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