Urinothorax: An unusual complication of an oncologic gynecological surgery.

Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Clinico Lozano Blesa Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain; Instituto Aragonés de la Salud, Zaragoza, Spain; Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.

Published: June 2015

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