Harvesting the omentum for poststernotomy mediastinitis.

Plast Reconstr Surg

Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery Academic Medical Center University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands Leeuwarden Institute for Minimal Invasive Surgery Medical Center Leeuwarden Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.

Published: December 2013

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