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Is it possible to continue academic teaching in surgery during the COVID pandemic era?

Alberto Arezzoa Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrea Vignalib Department of Surgery, San Raffaele Hospital and San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Milan, Italy
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Carlo Alberto Ammiratia Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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Ronit Brodiec Department of General Surgery, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Yoav Mintzc Department of General Surgery, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Pages 487-495 | Received 23 Jul 2020, Accepted 26 Oct 2020, Published online: 26 Nov 2020

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