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Negative Appendectomy. It is Really Preventable?

PD. Dr. Peter C. AmbeDepartment of Visceral, Minimally Invasive and Oncologic Surgery, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf, Rochusstr, Düsseldorf;Associate Professor of Surgery, Chair of Surgery II, Department of Medicine, Witten / Herdecke University, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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, M.D., MHBAORCID Icon
Pages 474-475 | Received 09 Mar 2018, Accepted 09 Mar 2018, Published online: 02 Apr 2018

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