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Comment
. 2016 Jun;16(2):125-7.
doi: 10.5230/jgc.2016.16.2.125. Epub 2016 Jun 24.

Letter to the Editor Concerning "Short-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy Performed by a Single Surgeon Experienced in Open Gastrectomy: Review of Initial Experience"

Seong-Ho Kong  1 , Bernard Dallemagne  2
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Comment

Letter to the Editor Concerning "Short-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy Performed by a Single Surgeon Experienced in Open Gastrectomy: Review of Initial Experience"

Seong-Ho Kong et al. J Gastric Cancer. 2016 Jun.
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Fig. 1. Examples of different learning curves. Curves A, B, and E obtained acceptable quality in learning, with different rates of improvement before they plateaued. Line C plateaued after a short learning process; however, curves C and D did not reach an acceptable quality.
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