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Comment
. 2020 Nov 7;396(10261):e73.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32281-9.

Surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hytham K S Hamid  1
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Surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hytham K S Hamid. Lancet. .
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