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Safety and efficacy of using a surgivac pump for the drainage of chronic indwelling pleural catheters in malignant pleural effusions

✍ Scribed by Ahmed AL-HALFAWY; Richard LIGHT

Book ID: 108964808
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 79 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 1323-7799
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01238.x

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