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. 1970 Feb;171(2):279–282. doi: 10.1097/00000658-197002000-00017

The reclosure of postoperative incisional abscesses based on bacterial quantification of the wound.

M C Robson, R C Shaw, J P Heggers
PMCID: PMC1396685  PMID: 5413463

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