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Achilleas Thoma1, Leslie L McKnight

  • 1Hamilton, Ontario, Canada From the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Surgical Outcomes Research Center, McMaster University, and the Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|March 26, 2010
PubMed
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Consider the example of a high-risk surgical procedure with significant early-stage mortality. A two-year clinical study is conducted,...