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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

The Efficacy of Ankaferd Blood Stopper for the Management of Bleeding Following Total Thyroidectomy

Mehmet GulerDepartment of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep Universitesi, Gaziantep, Turkey,
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Gokturk MaralcanDepartment of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep Universitesi, Gaziantep, Turkey,
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Seval KulDepartment of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep Universitesi, Gaziantep, Turkey,
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Ilyas BaskonusDepartment of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep Universitesi, Gaziantep, Turkey,
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Mehmet YilmazDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep Universitesi, Sahinbey Arastırma ve Uygulama Hastanesi, Gaziantep, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 205-210 | Received 02 Mar 2011, Accepted 03 May 2011, Published online: 25 Aug 2011

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