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Complications of esophageal strictures dilatation in children

A tertiary-center experience

Osama Bawazir and Mohammed O. Almaimani
Saudi Medical Journal July 2020, 41 (7) 720-725; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.7.25166
Osama Bawazir
From the Department of Surgery (Bawazir), Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura Universit and King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre and from the Department of Surgery (Almaimani), Maternity and Children Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed O. Almaimani
From the Department of Surgery (Bawazir), Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura Universit and King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre and from the Department of Surgery (Almaimani), Maternity and Children Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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