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Vacuum-assisted wound closure and liver transplantation: new perspective and challenges

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  1. General and Liver Transplant Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Franscesco Sforza, 35, 20122, Milan, Italy

    Daniele Dondossola, Barbara Antonelli & Giorgio Rossi

  2. Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Daniele Dondossola & Giorgio Rossi

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Dondossola, D., Antonelli, B. & Rossi, G. Vacuum-assisted wound closure and liver transplantation: new perspective and challenges. Updates Surg 72, 223–224 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-019-00693-6

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