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  1. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto City, 860-8556, Japan

    Hirohisa Okabe, Yo-ichi Yamashita, Hatem A. Elmezayen, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Katsunori Imai & Hideo Baba

  2. Department of Chemistry, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

    Hatem A. Elmezayen

  3. Department of Surgery, Kumamoto Regional Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan

    Hirohisa Okabe

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Okabe, H., Yamashita, Yi., Elmezayen, H.A. et al. Reply to the letter. Surg Today 50, 1320–1321 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-020-01999-4

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