What do Head and Neck Surgery and Orthopedics have in Common? An Unusual Case of Metallic Foreign Body
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Bengu Cobanoglu H1*, Erkan Vuralkan1, Cagrı Yegengil2, Dogus Hemsinli3 and Sedat Saylan4 1Otorhinolaryngology Department, Kanuni Research and Training Hospital, Trabzon,Turkey 2Orthopedics Department, Kanuni Research and Training Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey 3Cardiothorasic Surgery Department, Kanuni Research and Training Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey 4Anesthesiology Department, Kanuni Research and Training Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey
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