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Inguinal hernia repair in the anticoagulated patient: a retrospective analysis

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Wexler, M.J. Inguinal hernia repair in the anticoagulated patient: a retrospective analysis. Hernia 12, 667–668 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-008-0409-6

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