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Hiding the scars of an appendectomy

New method of port placement

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  1. Department of Surgery, Jackson Memorial Medical Center, University of Miami School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33101, USA

    D. Yarish & U. Desai

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, University of Miami, P.O. Box 016960, Miami, FL, 33101, USA

    M. McKenney, D. Sleeman & L. Martin

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Yarish, D., McKenney, M., Sleeman, D. et al. Hiding the scars of an appendectomy. Surg Endosc 11, 1055–1056 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004649900525

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