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  1. Department of Surgery, St. Vincent’s Hospital, 170 West 12 Street, Cronin #810, New York, NY, 10011, USA

    J. de Csepel

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA

    E. Wilson

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de Csepel, J., Wilson, E. Heating and humidifying carbon dioxide is indicated. Surg Endosc 21, 340–341 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-006-0208-z

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