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Life Saving Abdominal Decompression in a Patient with Severe Acute Pancreatitis

J. J. De WaeleIntensive Care Unit, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium.View further author information
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U. J. HesseDepartment of Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium.
Pages 96-98 | Published online: 11 Mar 2016

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