Body Mass Index: Surgical Site Infections and Mortality after Lower Extremity Bypass from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program 2005–2007
- 21 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier
- Vol. 24 (1) , 48-56
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2009.05.003
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