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Acknowledgments

An early version of this article was delivered at the 1st Advanced Course on Surgical Complications in London, UK, on 22 October 2007. The authors thank the delegates for their helpful questions and comments on the article.

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  1. Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London, St. Dunstan’s Road, London, W6 8RP, UK

    Simisade Adedeji

  2. St. George’s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK

    Daniel K. Sokol

  3. Clinical Effectiveness Unit, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, UK

    Thomas Palser

  4. Department of Surgery and Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, 88 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L4, Canada

    Martin McKneally

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Correspondence to Daniel K. Sokol.

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Adedeji, S., Sokol, D.K., Palser, T. et al. Ethics of Surgical Complications. World J Surg 33, 732–737 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-008-9907-z

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