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  1. Department of Emergency Surgery, San Giacomo Hospital, Rome, Italy

    F. Boffi

  2. Tamworth Hospital, New South Wales, Australia

    A. P. Zbar

  3. Rome, Italy

    M. Pescatori & G. Gagliardi

  4. Gupta Nursing Home, Laxminagar, Nagpur, India

    P. J. Gupta

  5. Casa Di Cura M.F. Toniolo, Bologna, Italy

    P. P. Dal Monte

  6. Tamworth Regional Referral Centre Department of Surgery, Tamworth New South Wales, South Wales, Australia

    A. P. Zbar & D. Yeh

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Boffi, F., Zbar, A.P., Pescatori, M. et al. Correspondence. Tech Coloproctol 12, 135–142 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-008-0412-z

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