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Kitano, S. Invited Commentary on “Gastric Body Partition for Giant Perforated Peptic Ulcer in Critically Ill Elderly Patients”. World J. Surg. 30, 2208–2209 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-006-0262-7
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