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Surgery without incisional biopsy in skeletal tumours

A new approach in the light of improved imaging possibilities and new diagnostic modalities

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    Rainer Kotz

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Kotz, R. Surgery without incisional biopsy in skeletal tumours. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 47, 2877–2878 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-023-05942-3

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