Prevention of Wound Infection in Perforated Appendicitis: Experience with Delayed Primary Wound Closure

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Journal Ann Surg

Specialty General Surgery

Date 1968 Nov 1

PMID 4879203

Citations 9

Authors

J L Grosfeld

R W SOLIT

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