BREAST IMPLANT RUPTURE AS A COMPLICATION OF HEART SURGERY IN MEDIAN STERNOTOMY
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Siena Academy of Sciences
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2279-8811,2279-882X
DOI: 10.4081/jsas.2014.4852