Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 5-12 , January 2010

Surgical research publication in a selection of research and surgical speciality journals

  • Arthur J. Donovan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Arthur J. Donavan, MD, P.O. Box 94475, Pasadena, CA 91109.
  • ,
  • Ronald K. Tompkins, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geffen School of Medicine of the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

,Accepted 7 July 2009.

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PII: S0039-6060(09)00423-1

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.07.005

Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 5-12 , January 2010