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Value of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Laparoscopy for Abdominal Stab Wounds: Reply

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  1. Department of Surgery, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan

    Heng-Fu Lin, Jiann-Ming Wu, Chao-Chiang Tu & Hsin-An Chen

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

    Heng-Fu Lin

  3. Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Hsin-Chin Shih

  4. Department of Emergency, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan

    Hsin-Chin Shih

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Lin, HF., Wu, JM., Tu, CC. et al. Value of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Laparoscopy for Abdominal Stab Wounds: Reply. World J Surg 36, 478–479 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-011-1349-3

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