A tale of two operations: re-excision as a quality measure

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Leisha C Elmore et al. Gland Surg. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;8(6):593-595.

doi: 10.21037/gs.2019.11.24.

¹ Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.

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