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Thyroid Surgery in a District Hospital: A Vertical Program Embedded in a Rural Hospital

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  1. Section of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, S067, Stanford, CA, 94305-5106, USA

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Weiser, T.G. Thyroid Surgery in a District Hospital: A Vertical Program Embedded in a Rural Hospital. World J Surg 37, 1574–1575 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-013-2098-2

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