Does Negative Pressure Wound Theraphy Work in the Treatment of Problematic Orhopeadic Infections?
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Tepecik Education and Research Hospital
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1305-7073
DOI: 10.5222/terh.2017.020