Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 9 , Pages 374-378 , September 2008

Day-surgery guidelines

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PII: S0263-9319(08)00179-8

doi: 10.1016/j.mpsur.2008.07.009

Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 9 , Pages 374-378 , September 2008

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