CAMIC Consensus-Conference 'Inguinial hernia': Report of workgroup 3. Theme: TAPP-technique;CAMIC-konsensuskonferenz "leistenhernie" niederschrift der ergebnisse der arbeitsgruppe 3: Thema: Tapp-technik

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 580-586

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