Postoperative mediastinitis: classification and management.

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Published in Ann Thorac Surg on March 01, 1996

Authors

R M El Oakley1, J E Wright

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England.

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