Damage Control Surgery: Not Just for Trauma
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Predicting mortality in damage control surgery for major abdominal trauma.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Surgeons
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1072-7515
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.11.028