Principles of physics in surgery: the laws of mechanics and vectors physics for surgeons-part 2

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Principles of Rodent Surgery for the New Surgeon

Published on: January 6, 2011

Anurag Srivastava, Akshay Sood, Parijat S Joy

    The Indian Journal of Surgery
    |October 4, 2011
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    CauteryLaplaceMechanicsNewtonPascalSuturingThermodynamicsVectors

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