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Surgical Outcomes of Abdominoperineal Resection for Low Rectal Cancer in a Nigerian Tertiary Institution

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Efron, J.E. Surgical Outcomes of Abdominoperineal Resection for Low Rectal Cancer in a Nigerian Tertiary Institution. World J Surg 33, 240–241 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-008-9769-4

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