Time to Terminate Vacuum-assisted Closure and Convert to Primary Abdominal Closure in Intra-abdominal Sepsis
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Vacuum-assisted closure for the treatment of abdominal wounds.
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عنوان ژورنال: Istanbul Medical Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2619-9793,2148-094X
DOI: 10.4274/imj.galenos.2019.71235