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. 1997 Aug;90(8):422–428. doi: 10.1177/014107689709000803

Complications and medicolegal aspects of endoscopic sinus surgery.

V J Lund 1, A Wright 1, J Yiotakis 1
PMCID: PMC1296455  PMID: 9306994

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