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Review
. 2010;14(2):216.
doi: 10.1186/cc8857. Epub 2010 Mar 9.

Laparostomy: why and when?

Ari K Leppäniemi  1
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Review

Laparostomy: why and when?

Ari K Leppäniemi. Crit Care. 2010.

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2010 (Springer Verlag) and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/yearbook. Further information about the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/2855.

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