Commentary: Thoracoscopic-Assisted Rib Plating: Where We Are and What We Have Learned

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Seon Hee Kim (Department of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Pusan National University Hospital, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University School of Medicine) ;
Hoseok I (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University Hospital, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University School of Medicine)

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