Laparoscopic total colectomy: an evolutionary experience.

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Published in Dis Colon Rectum on October 01, 2007

Authors

Robin P Boushey1, Peter W Marcello, Guillaume Martel, Lawrence C Rusin, Patricia L Roberts, David J Schoetz

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, Massachusetts 01805, USA.

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