Emerging role of laparoscopic and robotic surgery for rectal cancers

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Glen C Balch. Ann Surg Oncol. 2009 Jun.

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. 2009 Jun;16(6):1451-3.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-009-0422-8. Epub 2009 Apr 9.

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