Asian Journal of Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , January 2010

Optimal Technique for Abdominal Fascial Closure in Liver Transplant Patients

  • Unal Aydin

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Unal Aydin, Department of General Surgery, Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Gaziantep 27080, Turkey

,Accepted 30 September 2009.

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PII: S1015-9584(10)60001-2

doi: 10.1016/S1015-9584(10)60001-2

Asian Journal of Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , January 2010

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