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Chapter 28 - Emergency Surgery and Trauma in the Obese

from Section 4 - Intra-operative Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2018

By
Peter Shirley  and
Neil MacDonald
Edited by
Christopher Bouch  and
Jonathan Cousins
Christopher Bouch
Affiliation:
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Jonathan Cousins
Affiliation:
Hammersmith Hospital
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Core Topics in Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Care of the Morbidly Obese Surgical Patient , pp. 161 - 168
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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