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evacuation hospital via computed tomography on postopera- Financial Disclosure
tive day 3. Oxygen and nasal cannula were available on site, The authors have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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Author Contributions
A.H. conceived the study concept and wrote the first draft. A.H.,
L.M., and M.D. coordinated and collected the data, revised the
manuscript, and read and approved the final manuscript.

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