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Laparoscopic gastrectomy for organ-confined cancer: a reality in the west?

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  1. Asklepios Klinik Langen, Akademisches, Lehrkrankenhaus der JWG-Universität, Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Endokrine Chirurgie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Ernst Hanisch

  2. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

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Hanisch, E., Ziogas, D. Laparoscopic gastrectomy for organ-confined cancer: a reality in the west?. Surg Endosc 23, 1924–1926 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0503-6

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