Comments on "Strategy for Left-Sided Ostructive Colon Cancer": are We Really Writing the Epitaph of the Three Times Approach?

Affiliations

¹ Surgical Clinic Unit, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties. University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
² Surgical Clinic Unit. Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties. University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

Comment

Marcello Donati et al. Ann Surg. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 1;274(6):e881-e882.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005148.

¹ Surgical Clinic Unit, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties. University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
² Surgical Clinic Unit. Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties. University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

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