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TEM: From the first steps to routine application - commemorating the work of Gerhard F. Buess (Guest Editor: Marco M Lirici)

Transanal endoscopic microsurgery: also for the treatment of retrorectal tumors

Simon Daniel DuekColorectal Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Bruce Rappaport Medical School, Technion, Haifa, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hayim GilshteinColorectal Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Bruce Rappaport Medical School, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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Wisam KhouryColorectal Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Bruce Rappaport Medical School, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Pages 28-31 | Received 10 Jul 2013, Accepted 03 Dec 2013, Published online: 13 Dec 2013

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