Emergency laparoscopy - Current best practice

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Warren, Oliver ^a   Kinross, James ^a   Paraskeva, Paraskevas ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248166180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-1-24     Document Type: Review

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