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Successful Salvage of Infected and Exposed Non-absorbable Mesh Following Decompressing Laparostomy after Emergency Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm using Vacuum-assisted Closure System

,Accepted 16 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2007.08.004

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