Electrocautery as a factor in seroma formation following mastectomy
- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 176 (1) , 8-11
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9610(98)00093-2
Abstract
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