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Failure of the peritoneal-button operation for ascites: report of two cases

K J WELCH

    The New England Journal of Medicine
    |March 19, 2010
    PubMed
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    Keywords:
    ASCITES/peritoneal button operationPERITONEAL-BUTTON OPERATION/failure

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