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  1. Surgery, University of Insubria,, Varese, Italy

    Gianlorenzo Dionigi

  2. Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery (LAS), Heidelberg, Germany

    Markus W. Büchler & Martin Schneider

  3. Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Healthcare (IQWiG), Cologne, Germany

    Stefan Sauerland & Christian T. R. Gross

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Dionigi, G., Büchler, M.W., Schneider, M. et al. Reply to the commentary by Dr. Sauerland S. and Dr. Gross CTR. Langenbecks Arch Surg 404 (Suppl 1), 13–16 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-012-1014-9

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