Minimally invasive gastrectomy: time to change practice?

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¹ Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55131, Germany. Electronic address: felix.berlth@unimedizin-mainz.de.
² Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55131, Germany.

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Felix Berlth et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;5(2):97-98.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(19)30361-9. Epub 2019 Nov 19.

¹ Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55131, Germany. Electronic address: felix.berlth@unimedizin-mainz.de.
² Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55131, Germany.

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