Video-assisted thoracic surgery and thoracic empyema
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Video-assisted thoracic surgery for fibropurulent thoracic empyema: a bridge to open thoracic surgery.
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عنوان ژورنال: Lung India
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0970-2113
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.76315