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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2015; 48(02): 217-218
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.163070
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Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Innovation and beyond: Dangers in improvised negative pressure wound therapy systems

Philip Philip Puthumana
Department of Plastic & Microvascular Surgery Caritas Hospital, Kottayam, Kerala, India
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26 August 2019 (online)

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