Sutureless anastomoses: Secrets for success

Sutureless Anastomoses: Secrets for Success

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-140

  Tozzi, Piergiorgio ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7985-1715-8     Document Type: Book

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