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Letter to the Editor: Surgical Treatment of the Open Abdomen in Patients with Abdominal Sepsis Using the Vacuum Assisted Closure System

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  1. Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Center of Operative Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Alexander Perathoner, Raimund Margreiter & Reinhold Kafka-Ritsch

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Perathoner, A., Margreiter, R. & Kafka-Ritsch, R. Letter to the Editor: Surgical Treatment of the Open Abdomen in Patients with Abdominal Sepsis Using the Vacuum Assisted Closure System. World J Surg 33, 1332–1333 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-009-9935-3

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