A history of surgical complications

Surgical Complications: Diagnosis and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-40

  Chapman, Allan ^a  

^a WADHAM COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1142/9781860948329_0001     Document Type: Chapter

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