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Improving the surgical performance during LLETZ cervical excision to optimise oncological and obstetric outcomes: critical appraisal of a novel high-fidelity simulator

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  1. School of Health Sciences, University of Western Macedonia, 50200, Kozani, Greece

    Dimitrios Papoutsis

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals, NHS Trust, Telford, TF16TF, UK

    Dimitrios Papoutsis

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Papoutsis, D. Improving the surgical performance during LLETZ cervical excision to optimise oncological and obstetric outcomes: critical appraisal of a novel high-fidelity simulator. Arch Gynecol Obstet 307, 1643–1644 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-022-06576-3

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