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Research Article

Optical trocars - types, indications, clinical experiences

K. K. J. Hallfeldt Department of Surgery, Ludwig–Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
,
S. Schmidbauer
&
A. Trupka
Pages 47-50 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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