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. 2016 Jul;138(1):156e-157e.
doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000002311.

Closed Incision Negative-Pressure Therapy Is Associated with Decreased Surgical-Site Infections: A Meta-Analysis

Stacy Wong  1 , Jon P Ver Halen
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Closed Incision Negative-Pressure Therapy Is Associated with Decreased Surgical-Site Infections: A Meta-Analysis

Stacy Wong et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Jul.
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