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Original Article

Reinforced Primary repair of Early Distal Oesophageal Perforation

Adel K. Ayed Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, 13110 Safat Kuwait,
,
Hassan J. Al-Din Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, 13110 Safat Kuwait,
&
Sami K. Asfar Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, 13110 Safat Kuwait,
Pages 938-941 | Received 01 Sep 2001, Published online: 04 Dec 2011

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