Is transdermal nitroglycerin application effective in preventing and healing flap ischaemia after modified radical mastectomy?
Ines Buccimazza; Yvonne Brakovsky
Breast Unit, Departments of Surgery and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
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