An unusual catheter malposition following totally implantable venous access port insertion: The catheter tip located into the right axillary vein
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Surgery and Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2602-2079
DOI: 10.28982/josam.594025