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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, May 8 to 12, 1977.
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Gordon, P.H., Hoexter, B. Complications of the ripstein procedure. Dis Colon Rectum 21, 277–280 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586703
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