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Management of Oesophageal Perforation after Delayed Diagnosis: the Merit of Tissue Flap Reinforcement

A. RosiereSurgical services, Universite Catholique de Louvain at Mont-Godinne University Hospital, 5530 Yvoir, Belgium.View further author information
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S. MulierSurgical services, Universite Catholique de Louvain at Mont-Godinne University Hospital, 5530 Yvoir, Belgium.
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A. KhourySurgical services, Universite Catholique de Louvain at Mont-Godinne University Hospital, 5530 Yvoir, Belgium.
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L. A. MichelSurgical services, Universite Catholique de Louvain at Mont-Godinne University Hospital, 5530 Yvoir, Belgium.
Pages 497-501 | Published online: 14 Mar 2016

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