LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Iatrogenic splenic injury after thoracentesis in a patient with a ventricular assist device system
Submission date: 2016-10-31
Final revision date: 2016-11-26
Acceptance date: 2016-12-06
Publication date: 2016-12-20
Arch Med Sci Civil Dis 2016;1(1):120-122
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