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. 2023 May 2;44(11):1-2.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.88. Online ahead of print.

Impact of surgical approach on development of surgical-site infection following internal mammary-artery, coronary-artery bypass graft procedures

Polly H van den Berg  1 , Baevin Fesser  2 , Venkatachalam Senthilnathan  3 , Kamal R Khabbaz  3 , Sharon B Wright  2   4
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Impact of surgical approach on development of surgical-site infection following internal mammary-artery, coronary-artery bypass graft procedures

Polly H van den Berg et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. .
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