Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 11 , Pages 464-467 , November 2007

Surgical diathermy

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00208-1

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.08.018

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 11 , Pages 464-467 , November 2007

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