Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for adult Bochdalek hernia: a case report

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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for adult Bochdalek hernia: a case report

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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

سال: 2016

ISSN: 1749-8090

DOI: 10.1186/s13019-016-0558-0