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  1. 4th Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    H. Demetetriades & I. Kanellos

  2. Second Propedeutical Department of Surgery, Medical School, Hippocration Hospital, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

    G. N. Marakis

  3. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    D. Ziogas

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Demetetriades, H., Marakis, G.N., Ziogas, D. et al. Robotic D2 surgery for gastric cancer. Surg Endosc 23, 1919–1921 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0496-1

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