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  1. Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, KGM University, 226 003, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Anshuman Darbari MS, Shekhar Tandon M.Ch. & Arun Kumar Singh M.Ch.

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, KGM University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Anshuman Darbari MS, Shekhar Tandon M.Ch. & Arun Kumar Singh M.Ch.

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Darbari, A., Tandon, S. & Singh, A.K. Thoracic impalement injuries. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 21, 229–231 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-005-0057-8

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