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

A single surgeon's experience with transanal endoscopic microsurgery over 20 years with 153 early cancer cases

Eiji KanehiraDepartment of Surgery, Medical Topia Soka, Soka City, Saitama, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Takashi TanidaDepartment of Surgery, Medical Topia Soka, Soka City, Saitama, Japan
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Aya KameiDepartment of Surgery, Medical Topia Soka, Soka City, Saitama, Japan
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Masafumi NakagiDepartment of Surgery, Medical Topia Soka, Soka City, Saitama, Japan
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Amane HideshimaDepartment of Surgery, Medical Topia Soka, Soka City, Saitama, Japan
Pages 5-9 | Received 31 Oct 2013, Accepted 19 Nov 2013, Published online: 12 Dec 2013

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