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Case Reports

Incidental finding of a congenital unilateral absence of the vas deferens during robotic inguinal hernia repair: missing a crucial landmark. A case report

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Pages 436-439 | Received 03 Dec 2021, Accepted 26 Jan 2022, Published online: 02 Feb 2022

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