Blunt trauma to abdominal solid organs: an experience of non-operative management at a rural hospital in Zambia
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عنوان ژورنال: Pan African Medical Journal
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1937-8688
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.89.20061