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. 2013 Dec;132(6):1073e.
doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182a97fb2.

Harvesting the omentum for poststernotomy mediastinitis

Jan J van Wingerden  1 , Oren Lapid, Erik R Totté
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Harvesting the omentum for poststernotomy mediastinitis

Jan J van Wingerden et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2013 Dec.
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