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Surgical Classification of Open Abdomen: Which Clinical Implications?

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

    Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Francesca Rovera, Luigi Boni & Renzo Dionigi

  2. Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Insubria, Viale L. Borri 57, Varese, 21100, Italy

    Stefano Rausei

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Rausei, S., Dionigi, G., Rovera, F. et al. Surgical Classification of Open Abdomen: Which Clinical Implications?. World J Surg 34, 599–600 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-009-0212-2

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