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Sauerland, S. (2006). Acute Appendicitis – Update 2006. In: Neugebauer, E., Sauerland, S., Fingerhut, A., Millat, B., Buess, G. (eds) EAES Guidelines for Endoscopic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32784-4_21
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