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Surgical pilgrimage – The need to avoid navigation through drains, medicine or ‘medisin’: Our notes on NOTES

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  1. Journal of International Medical Sciences Academy, New Delhi, India

    Brij B. Agarwal

  2. Indian Medical Association, Westown, New Delhi, India

    Brij B. Agarwal

  3. Consultant Laparoscopic Surgeon, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, 110060, India

    Brij B. Agarwal

  4. Department of Anatomy, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, 110001, India

    Sneh Agarwal

  5. Dr. Agarwal’s Surgery, F81 & 82, Street no. 4, Virender Nagar, New Delhi, 110058, India

    Brij B. Agarwal

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Agarwal, B.B., Agarwal, S. Surgical pilgrimage – The need to avoid navigation through drains, medicine or ‘medisin’: Our notes on NOTES. Surg Endosc 22, 271–272 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-007-9639-4

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