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Editorials and Book Review

Laparoscopic Resection of Rectal Cancer in the Elderly

L. August ClarkCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD &
Walter R. Peters
, MD, MBA
Pages 436-438 | Published online: 11 Dec 2017

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