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Reply to G. Dionigi’s letter: energy based devices and recurrent laryngeal nerve injury: the need for safer instruments

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  1. Surgical Department, University of Milan Bicocca, Via Pergolesi 33, 20052, Monza, Italy

    P. V. Sartori, G. Colombo, F. Pugliese & F. Uggeri

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Sartori, P.V., Colombo, G., Pugliese, F. et al. Reply to G. Dionigi’s letter: energy based devices and recurrent laryngeal nerve injury: the need for safer instruments. Langenbecks Arch Surg 394, 585–586 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-008-0452-x

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