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Comment
. 2016 May;22(5):667.
doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivw070.

eComment. Complex and novel versus simple and traditional approaches for sternal closure

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eComment. Complex and novel versus simple and traditional approaches for sternal closure

Arda Ozyuksel. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2016 May.
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