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The convenors would like to acknowledge Mr. Martyn Coomer and Mrs. Judith Mitchell, staff of RCS, for their help with the organisation of the RCS Presidential tour 2016. JSS for hosting this meeting. BBraun/Aesculap, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and The Daiwa Foundation for supporting the RCS Research Fellows with educational grants to attend this meeting and to present papers. HE Mr. Tim Hitchens, British Ambassador.
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O’Flynn, P., Watanabe, T. A report of the first Joint Meeting of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and The Japan Surgical Society. Surg Today 47, 529–537 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-017-1488-8
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