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. 2023 May 1;109(5):1080-1082.
doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000125.

Postoperative mortality in Africa: are there any improvements in the last decade?

Wireko A Awuah  1 , Jyi Cheng Ng  2 , Abubakar Nazir  3 , Pearl O Tenkorang  4 , Rohan Yarlagadda  5 , Jacob Kalmanovich  6 , Toufik Abdul-Rahman  1 , Aymar Akilimali  7 , Vladyslav Sikora  1 , Arda Isik  8
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Postoperative mortality in Africa: are there any improvements in the last decade?

Wireko A Awuah et al. Int J Surg. .
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