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. 2014 Oct;96(7):558.
doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2014.96.7.558.

Reducing the risk of trocar site hernias

D Crocetti  1 , P Sapienza, G Pedullà, G De Toma
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Reducing the risk of trocar site hernias

D Crocetti et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2014 Oct.
No abstract available

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