Laparoscopic rectal cancer resection: inferior to open or not?

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Editorial

Sam Tou et al. Colorectal Dis. 2016 Mar.

. 2016 Mar;18(3):233.

doi: 10.1111/codi.13270.

¹ Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA.

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Corrigendum.
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