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Foo, C.C., Law, W.L. (2018). Total Mesorectal Excision. In: Geisler, D., Keller, D., Haas, E. (eds) Operative Techniques in Single Incision Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63204-9_10
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