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A new specifically designed forceps for chest drain insertion

  • Emmet Andrews

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353-21-4901290; fax: +353-21-4901240.
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  • B.C. Ramesh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
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  • L. Nölke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
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  • H.P. Redmond

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
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  • T. Aherne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
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  • A. O’Donnell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland

,Accepted 4 February 2003.

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☆ Presented to the Annual Meeting of the British Trauma Society, Norwich, 21–22 September 2000, and to the Annual Meeting of the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland, Nottingham, 18–21 March 2001.

PII: S0020-1383(03)00065-2

doi: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00065-2

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