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  1. Department of Vascular Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Kenneth R. Ziegler M.D. & Bauer Sumpio M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.

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Ziegler, K.R., Sumpio, B. (2018). Amputations in an Ischemic Limb. In: Geroulakos, G., Sumpio, B. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65936-7_45

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