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Efficacy and effectiveness of suture bolster with Seamguard®

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  1. Divisione di Chirurgia Generale e Videolaparoscopica, Ospedale di Niguarda Ca’ Granda, Piazza Ospedale 3, 20162, Milano, Italy

    Raffaele Pugliese, Dario Maggioni, Fabio Sansonna, Giovanni Carlo Ferrari, Stefano Di Lernia, Antonello Forgione & Carmelo Magistro

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Pugliese, R., Maggioni, D., Sansonna, F. et al. Efficacy and effectiveness of suture bolster with Seamguard® . Surg Endosc 23, 1415–1416 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-008-0319-9

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