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Thorlakson, R.H. Special table and instrument rack as used in the lithotomy-trendelenburg position for anterior resection by stapling and abdominoperineal excision of the rectum. Dis Colon Rectum 26, 479–481 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02556532
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