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Letter to the Editor: Standard of Care and Outcomes of Primary Laparotomy Versus Laparotomy in Patients with Prior Open Abdominal Surgery (ReLap Study; DRKS00013001)

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  1. Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, 801507, India

    Abhishek Arora, Ashesh Kumar Jha & Manoj Kumar

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Arora, A., Jha, A.K. & Kumar, M. Letter to the Editor: Standard of Care and Outcomes of Primary Laparotomy Versus Laparotomy in Patients with Prior Open Abdominal Surgery (ReLap Study; DRKS00013001). J Gastrointest Surg 25, 1350–1351 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-021-04977-4

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