REDUCTION OF POSTOPERATIVE WOUND INFECTION AFTER APPENDECTOMY BY PERITONEAL CLOSURE AND WOUND IRRIGATION WITH NORMAL SALINE
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عنوان ژورنال: Basrah Journal of Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2409-501X
DOI: 10.33762/bsurg.2012.64609