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Jørgensen, J.J., Kroese, A.J., Staxrud, L.E. (2018). The Obturator Foramen Bypass. In: Geroulakos, G., Sumpio, B. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65936-7_26
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