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Case Reports
. 2018 Sep;61(9):1119-1120.
doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001170.

Robotic Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation: View from the West

Songphol Malakorn  1 , Akira Ouchi, Tarik Sammour, Brian K Bednarski, George J Chang
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Case Reports

Robotic Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation: View from the West

Songphol Malakorn et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 2018 Sep.
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