Body packers: a plea for conservative treatment.

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Published in Langenbecks Arch Surg on October 08, 2011

Authors

Jacob K de Bakker1, P W B Nanayakkara, L M G Geeraedts, E S M de Lange, M O Mackintosh, H J Bonjer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, VU University medical centre, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.debakker@vumc.nl

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