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  1. Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Division of General Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, University of Milano Medical School, Via Decembrio 19/A, 20137, Milan, Italy

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Ganz RA, Peters JH, Horgan S, Bemelman WA, Dunst CM, Edmundovicz SA, Lipham JC, Luketich JD, Melvin WS, Oelschlager BK, Schlack-Haerer SC, Smith CD, Smith CC, Dunn D, Taiganides PA, N Engl J Med 2013;368:719–27

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Bonavina, L., Bonavina, L. Selected commentary to “Esophageal sphincter device for gastroesophageal reflux disease”. Eur Surg 45, 113–116 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10353-013-0206-z

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