Surgical Treatment for Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis
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Ryu, Kyoung-Min
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Dankook University)
Seo, Pil-Won (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Dankook University) Park, Seong-Sik (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Dankook University) Kim, Seok-Kon (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Dankook University) Lee, Jae-Woong (Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hallym University Scared Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University) Ryu, Jae-Wook (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Dankook University) |
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