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Authors’ Reply: Mortality Following Appendicectomy in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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  1. National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit, E Floor West Block, QMC Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK

    Adil Rashid, Alfred Adiamah & David J. Humes

  2. School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK

    Alisha Gupta

  3. Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK

    Joe West, Matthew Grainge & David J. Humes

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Rashid, A., Gupta, A., Adiamah, A. et al. Authors’ Reply: Mortality Following Appendicectomy in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World J Surg 46, 2549–2550 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-022-06618-6

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