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Letter to the Editor. Historical Observations on Clamshell Thoracotomy

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Santa Clara Cardiac Center, “July 26” Ave., No. 306, Apt. 18, Villa Clara, 50 200, Santa Clara, Cuba

    Yoandy López de la Cruz

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Arnaldo Milian Castro University Hospital, Santa Clara, Cuba

    Yoandy López de la Cruz & Laura B. Pérez-Machado

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López de la Cruz, Y., Pérez-Machado, L.B. Letter to the Editor. Historical Observations on Clamshell Thoracotomy. World J Surg 45, 2941–2942 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06156-7

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