An unusual complication of posterior packing for epistaxis
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Selective surgicel packing for the treatment of posterior epistaxis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Northern Clinics of Istanbul
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2148-4902
DOI: 10.14744/nci.2017.75547