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Expectations and challenges of laparoscopic total gastrectomy

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    Theodore Liakakos, Pavlos Patapis, Evangelos Misiakos & Anastasios Macheras

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Liakakos, T., Patapis, P., Misiakos, E. et al. Expectations and challenges of laparoscopic total gastrectomy. Surg Endosc 23, 1927–1929 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0505-4

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